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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of greyish white;
- Example: "the canescent moon"

2. covered with fine whitish hairs or down;
[syn: canescent, hoary]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

canescent
    adj 1: of greyish white; "the canescent moon"
    2: covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: canescent,
       hoary]