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Meaning
Adj
●
In Colors & Blues:
Of a
pale
grey
or bluish-green, especially when
covered
with a
powdery
residue.
●
In Botany:
Covered with a
bloom
or a
pale
powdery
covering
,
regardless of
colour.
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Origin
glaucous
English
glaucus
Latin
γλαυκός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
γλαῦκος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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Yellowish
Pubescent
Yellow
Paler
Fleshy
Lobed
Whitish
Purplish
Ovate
Greenish
Sessile
Reddish
Globose
Lanceolate
Pale
Hairy
Petiolate
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Rhymes
Caucus
Raucous
Glaucous
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