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Glaucous

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adjective. Of a pale grayish or bluish green.

adjective. Covered with a grayish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily rubbed off.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of a pale, luminous sea-green color; of a bluish green or greenish blue; specifically, in botany and zoology, dull-green passing into grayish-blue.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adjective. Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue.

adjective. Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adjective. Of a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge, especially when covered with a powdery residue.

adjective. Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adjective. having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants

Word Usage

"The color of the leaves is always more glaucous, that is, of a darker and more bluish green, than is usual in the cauliflowers."

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Colours

Equivalent

opaque

Form

glaucous gull glaucous sedge glaucous-winged gull

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

apple-blossom black-backed bluish-green bronzy corpse-like

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

Quaker-colored acier aestival alabaster alabastrine