Definition of glaucous Glaucous

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We found 7 definitions of glaucous from 5 different sources.

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glaucous, glaucouser, glaucousest

glaucous - having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants; "glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous grapes"

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glaucous (Adjective)
Of a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
glaucous (Adjective)
Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

glaucous (a.)
Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue.
glaucous (a.)
Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

glaucous
glaw′kus, adj. sea-green: grayish-blue: (bot.) covered with a fine green bloom.—n. Glauces′cence.—adj. Glauces′cent, somewhat glaucous. [L. glaucus, bluish—Gr. glaukos, blue or gray.]

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glaucous, adjective.

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