glaucous

[ glaw-kuhs ]
adjective

  1. light bluish-green or greenish-blue.

  2. Botany. covered with a whitish bloom, as a plum.

Origin of glaucous

1
1665–75; <Latin glaucus silvery, gray, bluish-green <Greek glaukós.See glauco-, -ous

Other words from glaucous

  • glau·cous·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for glaucous

glaucous

/ (ˈɡlɔːkəs) /

adjective

  1. botany covered with a bluish waxy or powdery bloom

  2. bluish-green

Origin of glaucous

1
C17: from Latin glaucus silvery, bluish-green, from Greek glaukos

Derived forms of glaucous

  • glaucously, adverb

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