According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
CANESCENT
canescent, hoary
(adjective) covered with fine whitish hairs or down
canescent
(adjective) of greyish white; “the canescent moon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
canescent (comparative more canescent, superlative most canescent)
Turning white or gray.
(botany) Covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*nes"cent, a. Etym: [L. canescens, p. pr. of canescere, v. inchoative of canere to be white.]
Definition: Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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