becoming white; whitish
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Albescent Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutBecoming white or whitish; moderately white.
albescent
\al*bes"cent\ (&?;), a. [l. albescens, p. pr. of albescere to grow white, fr. albus white.] becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Adjective
1. becoming or shading into white
(similar) white, achromatic
Albescent Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
