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canescent
[ kuh-nes-uhnt ]
adjective
- covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.
canescent
/ kəˈnɛsənt /
adjective
- biology white or greyish due to the presence of numerous short white hairs
- becoming hoary, white, or greyish
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Derived Forms
- caˈnescence, noun
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Other Words From
- ca·nescence noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of canescent1
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of canescent1
C19: from Latin cānescere to grow white, become hoary, from cānēre to be white
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Example Sentences
Canescent, grayish-white; hoary, usually because the surface is covered with fine white hairs.
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