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albescent, a.|ælˈbɛsənt|
[ad. L. albēscent-em pr. pple of albēsc-ĕre to grow white; f. alb-us white.]
Growing or becoming white; shading or passing into white.
1831W. & M. Howitt Seasons 306 The galaxy stretches its albescent glow athwart the northern sky. 1868Darwin Var. An. & Plants I. vi. 184 The croup being blue instead of snow-white; but the tint varies, being sometimes albescent. |