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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Silvery, or of a shining white color with a tinge of gray.
  • noun In chem., a salt of argentic acid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Silvery white.

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  • adjective botany, dated, rare silvery white

Etymologies

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Latin argentatus ("silvery").

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