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canescent definition

ca·nes·cent (kə nes′ənt)

adjective

  1. becoming white or grayish
  2. covered with a white or grayish down, as some leaves

Etymology: L canescens, prp. of canescere, to become white < canere, to be white < canus, hoary: see hare

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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