glaucous

[ glaw-kuhs ]

/ ˈglɔ kəs /

adjective

light bluish-green or greenish-blue.

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

Origin of glaucous

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

OTHER WORDS FROM glaucous

glau·cous·ly, adverb

Words nearby glaucous

glaucomatous cataract, glaucomatous cup, glaucomatous halo, glauconite, glaucophane, glaucous, glaucous gull, glaur, glaze, glazed, glaze ice

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Example sentences from the Web for glaucous

I choose also to call a poppy, what the botanists have called "glaucous thing," (glaucium).
Proserpina, Volume 1|John Ruskin
The glaucous long-peduncled, large-flowered Statice is limited to the east side of Kaloo.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The|William Griffith
The larva (Fig. 197) is glaucous green dotted with yellow, and marked on each side with seven oblique lines of the same colours.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier
The foliage is a glaucous gray-green, and the branches have a twisted and tufted appearance.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885|Various

Leaves rather short, more or less glabrous or glaucous, and V-shaped at the base; shoots compressed, and naviculate in section.
Grasses|H. Marshall Ward

British Dictionary definitions for glaucous

glaucous

/ (ˈɡlɔːkəs) /

adjective

botany covered with a bluish waxy or powdery bloom

bluish-green

Derived forms of glaucous

glaucously, adverb

Word Origin for glaucous

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

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单词	glaucous
释义	glaucous [ glaw-kuhs ] / ˈglɔ kəs / adjective light bluish-green or greenish-blue. Botany. covered with a whitish bloom, as a plum. Origin of glaucous 1665–75; <Latin glaucus silvery, gray, bluish-green <Greek glaukós.See glauco-, -ous OTHER WORDS FROM glaucous glau·cous·ly, adverb Words nearby glaucous glaucomatous cataract, glaucomatous cup, glaucomatous halo, glauconite, glaucophane, glaucous, glaucous gull, glaur, glaze, glazed, glaze ice Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for glaucous I choose also to call a poppy, what the botanists have called "glaucous thing," (glaucium). Proserpina, Volume 1\|John Ruskin The glaucous long-peduncled, large-flowered Statice is limited to the east side of Kaloo. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The\|William Griffith The larva (Fig. 197) is glaucous green dotted with yellow, and marked on each side with seven oblique lines of the same colours. The Insect World\|Louis Figuier The foliage is a glaucous gray-green, and the branches have a twisted and tufted appearance. Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885\|Various Leaves rather short, more or less glabrous or glaucous, and V-shaped at the base; shoots compressed, and naviculate in section. Grasses\|H. Marshall Ward British Dictionary definitions for glaucous glaucous / (ˈɡlɔːkəs) / adjective botany covered with a bluish waxy or powdery bloom bluish-green Derived forms of glaucous glaucously, adverb Word Origin for glaucous C17: from Latin glaucus silvery, bluish-green, from Greek glaukos Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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