albescent.

Growing white or taking on a whitish appearance.

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Words that belong together

• albescent foliage
• an albescent surface
• albescent patches

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Albescent patches appeared along the leaves before their edges curled.

The horizon grew albescent while the valley remained in shadow.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually non-gradable for a whitening process; more albescent is possible in specialist comparison. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.