Canescent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Canescent \Ca*nes"cent\, a. [L. canescens, p. pr. of canescere,
     v. inchoative of canere to be white.]
     Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  canescent
       adj 1: grayish white; "the canescent moon"
       2: covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: {hoary}]