† candicantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Growing white, inclining to white, whitish.
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candicant1657
albescent1705
blanchingc1800
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Tt2 Small cups, with candicant flowers.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Candicant, waxing white. Hence in Johnson, and mod. Dicts.
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ˈcandicancy n. ‘a whitening or making fair, etc.’ (Bailey vol. II. 1731).
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