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Definition of Albescent
1. Adjective. Becoming or shading into white.
Definition of Albescent
1. a. Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Definition of Albescent
1. Adjective. Becoming white or whitish; moderately white. ¹
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Definition of Albescent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Albescent
Literary usage of Albescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"To make speciously fine by иле of fee words: gild, varnish (slang). whitewashed, a.
white-limed. whitish, a. white, albescent, whity (rart whole, a. ..."
2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Tringa albescent TEMMINCK, PI. Col., v, 1823, pi. 41 and text ("Oceania"). ...
albescent GOULD, Birds Australia, vi, 1848, pi. 31 and text. ..."
3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"In many but not in all albescent leaves the palisades stop sharply at the edge
... FIG. v — A cross section of an albescent leaf of indicate that palisade ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"Plumage, above uniform dull brown: below albescent, with a faint tinge of ...
Lower parts albescent, mingled with yellowish, and very faintly tinged with ..."
5. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1863)
"Above olive-brown, below pale ochraceous brown, approaching to albescent.
Length 4§ inches; wing 2T'ff; tail If ; tarsus nearly 1 inch. From Nepal. ..."
6. Prodromus Faunæ Zeylanicæ: Being Contributions to the Zoology of Ceylon by Edward Frederic Kelaart, George Gardner, Walter Elliot, Edward Blyth, Edgar Leopold Layard (1852)
"Tail long, less albescent at the base than at the terminal half, which is in most
specimens grey. The other characters as in P. Cephalopterus, from which it ..."
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