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canescent |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: canescent adj 1: grayish white; "the canescent moon" 2: (biology) covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: {hoary}]
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