glaucous
Americanadjective
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light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
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Botany. covered with a whitish bloom, as a plum.
adjective
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botany covered with a bluish waxy or powdery bloom
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bluish-green
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of glaucous
1665–75; < Latin glaucus silvery, gray, bluish-green < Greek glaukós. See glauco-, -ous
Vocabulary lists containing glaucous
Example Sentences
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Fleeting, crumpled tissue-paper blooms in a variety of colors — deep purple is a favorite — are produced on annual plants with showy glaucous foliage throughout summer.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
Foliage color ranges from deep green to a glaucous blue green.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2022
Let us take a ride, For truly, sir, thy life is incomplete ’Til viridescent ovum thou hast tried Together with a slice of glaucous meat!
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2019
Her eyes, a clear, glaucous gray, express unambiguous yearning.
From The New Yorker ● May 26, 2016
Hazel squatted on his haunches and stared at the orderly forest of small, glaucous trees with their columns of black-and-white bloom.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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