canescent
adjective
covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.
canescence
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a word derived from
canescent.
Example Sentences
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At noon the heat was terrible and all colour melted away, "with the canescence from above."
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
All colour melts away with the canescence from above.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
