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glaucous

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glau⋅cous

  [glaw-kuhs]
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–adjective
1. light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
2. Botany. covered with a whitish bloom, as a plum.
Origin:
1665–75; < L glaucus silvery, gray, bluish-green < Gk glaukós. See glauco-, -ous

Related forms:
glau⋅cous⋅ly, adverb
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glau·cous   (glô'kəs)   
adj.  

  1. Of a pale grayish or bluish green.

  2. Botany Covered with a grayish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily rubbed off: glaucous leaves.


[Latin glaucus, from Greek glaukos.]
glau'cous·ness n.
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