canescent

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canescent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Canescent \Ca*nes"cent\, a. [L. canescens, p. pr. of canescere,
     v. inchoative of canere to be white.]
     Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.
     [1913 Webster]

canescent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  canescent
      adj 1: of greyish white; "the canescent moon"
      2: covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: canescent,
         hoary]