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Growing white
Answer for the clue "Growing white ", 9 letters:
canescent
Word definitions for canescent in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 turning white or gray. 2 (context botany English) covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. grayish white; "the canescent moon" covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: hoary ]
Usage examples of canescent.
He settled on the cushions before it, and once more the ancient incantation rolled against the canescent walls.
With a snarl of rage she resumed her pacing, her long robe of canescent silk clinging to every curve of her body.