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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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
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
