Hypertext Webster Gateway: "canescent"
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) 1.7 (wn)
canescent
adj 1: grayish white; "the canescent moon"
2: (biology) covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: {hoary}]
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