albescent
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- albescence noun
Etymology
Origin of albescent
1825–35; < Latin albēscent- (stem of albēscēns, present participle of albēscere ), equivalent to alb ( us ) white + -ēscent- -escent
Example Sentences
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DESCRIPTION.—Above rusty brown; below rusty, more or less albescent; extremities pale, almost flesh-coloured; ears rather long; head rather elongated; tail equal to and sometimes exceeding head and body.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
It chiefly differs in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Darwin, Charles
It differs chiefly in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Darwin, Charles
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