canescent

American

[kuh-nes-uhnt] / kəˈnɛs ənt /

adjective

covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.

canescent British

/ kəˈnɛsənt /

adjective

biology white or greyish due to the presence of numerous short white hairs
becoming hoary, white, or greyish

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canescence

noun

Etymology

Origin of canescent

1840–50; < Latin cānēscent- stem of cānēscēns, present participle of cānēscere to grow gray, equivalent to cān ( us ) gray + -ēscent- -escent

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Canescent, grayish-white; hoary, usually because the surface is covered with fine white hairs.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

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