Definitions for canescent

canescent ca·nes·cent

Spelling: [kuh-nes-uh nt]
IPA: /kəˈnɛs ənt/

Canescent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

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Definitions for canescent

adjective

  1. covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.

Origin of canescent

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

Examples for canescent

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

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