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albescent

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al⋅bes⋅cent

  [al-bes-uhnt]
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–adjective
becoming white; whitish.
Origin:
1825–35; < L albēscent- (s. of albēscēns, prp. of albēscere), equiv. to alb(us) white + -ēscent- -escent

Related forms:
al⋅bes⋅cence, noun
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al·bes·cent   (āl-běs'ənt)   
adj.  Becoming white or moderately white; whitish.

[Latin albēscēns, albēscent-, present participle of albēscere, to become white, from albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]
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