canescent

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Definition of canescent in English English dictionary

covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary

turning white or gray

{a} growing white or old, white, hoary

{s} full with short whitish or grayish hairs, hoary (Biology); grayish white

Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white

covered with fine whitish hairs or down grayish white; "the canescent moon

Hyphenation

ca·nes·cent

Etymology

[ k&-'ne-s&nt ] (adjective.) circa 1828. From Latin canescens, present participle of canescere (“to become gray or white”)