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canescence

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ca⋅nes⋅cent

  [kuh-nes-uhnt]
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–adjective
covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.
Origin:
1840–50; < L cānēscent- s. of cānēscēns, prp. of cānēscere to grow gray, equiv. to cān(us) gray + -ēscent- -escent

Related forms:
ca⋅nes⋅cence, noun
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ca·nes·cent   (kə-něs'ənt)   
adj.  

  1. Biology Covered with short, fine whitish or grayish hairs or down; hoary.

  2. Turning white or grayish.


[Latin cānēscēns, cānēscent-, present participle of cānēscere, inchoative of cānēre, to be white, from cānus, white; see kas- in Indo-European roots.]
ca·nes'cence n.
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