canescent
[ kuh-nes-uhnt ]
adjective
covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.
Origin of canescent
11840–50; <Latin cānēscent- stem of cānēscēns, present participle of cānēscere to grow gray, equivalent to cān(us) gray + -ēscent--escent
Other words from canescent
- ca·nes·cence, noun
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How to use canescent in a sentence
canescent, grayish-white; hoary, usually because the surface is covered with fine white hairs.
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British Dictionary definitions for canescent
canescent
/ (kəˈnɛsənt) /
adjective
biology white or greyish due to the presence of numerous short white hairs
becoming hoary, white, or greyish
Origin of canescent
1C19: from Latin cānescere to grow white, become hoary, from cānēre to be white
Derived forms of canescent
- canescence, noun
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