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

canescent \canes"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

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

canescent
     adj 1: grayish white; "the canescent moon"
     2: covered with fine whitish hairs or down syn: hoary
see also:
hoary 

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