GLAUCOUS


Meaning of GLAUCOUS in English

— glaucously , adv.

/glaw"keuhs/ , adj.

1. light bluish-green or greenish-blue.

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

[ 1665-75; glaucus silvery, gray, bluish-green glaukós. See GLAUCO-, -OUS ]

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