glau|cous

glau|cous
glau|cous «GL kuhs», adjective.
1. light bluish-green: »

The glaucous caverns of old Ocean (Shelley).

2. covered with a whitish, powdery or waxy substance, as plums and gapes are.
[< Latin glaucus (with English -ous) < Greek glaukós gray-green, silvery]

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