canescent

[ kuh-nes-uhnt ]

adjective
  1. covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.

Origin of canescent

1
1840–50; <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

Words Nearby canescent

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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.

British Dictionary definitions for canescent

canescent

/ (kəˈnɛsənt) /


adjective
  1. biology white or greyish due to the presence of numerous short white hairs

  2. becoming hoary, white, or greyish

Origin of canescent

1
C19: from Latin cānescere to grow white, become hoary, from cānēre to be white

Derived forms of canescent

  • canescence, noun

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