'Glaucous' definitions:
Definition of 'glaucous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants; "glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous grapes"
Definition of 'Glaucous'
From: GCIDE
- Glaucous \Glau"cous\ (gl[add]"k[u^]s), a. [L. glaucus, Gr. glayko`s.]
- 1. Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue. --Lindley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glaucous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acier,
- aestival,
- alabaster,
- alabastrine,
- albescent,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- beryl-green,
- berylline,
- blue-green,
- bluish-green,
- canescent,
- chartreuse,
- chloranemic,
- chlorine,
- chlorotic,
- cinereous,
- cinerous,
- citrine,
- citrinous,
- cream,
- creamy,
- dapple,
- dapple-gray,
- dappled,
- dappled-gray,
- dingy,
- dismal,
- dove-colored,
- dove-gray,
- dreary,
- dull,
- dun-white,
- dusty,
- eggshell,
- emerald,
- fair,
- foliaged,
- glaucescent,
- glaucous-green,
- grassy,
- gray,
- gray-black,
- gray-brown,
- gray-colored,
- gray-drab,
- gray-green,
- gray-spotted,
- gray-toned,
- gray-white,
- grayed,
- grayish,
- green,
- green as grass,
- green-blue,
- greenish,
- greenish-blue,
- greenish-yellow,
- greensick,
- griseous,
- grizzle,
- grizzled,
- grizzly,
- holly,
- iron-gray,
- ivory,
- ivory-white,
- ivy,
- ivy-green,
- lead-gray,
- leaden,
- leafy,
- leaved,
- light,
- lint-white,
- livid,
- mouse-colored,
- mouse-gray,
- mousy,
- off-white,
- olivaceous,
- olive,
- olive-green,
- pale,
- pearl,
- pearl-gray,
- pearly,
- pearly-white,
- porraceous,
- Quaker-colored,
- sad,
- silver,
- silver-gray,
- silvered,
- silvery,
- slate-colored,
- slaty,
- smaragdine,
- smoke-gray,
- smoky,
- sober,
- somber,
- springlike,
- steel-gray,
- steely,
- stone-colored,
- summerlike,
- summery,
- taupe,
- verdant,
- verdurous,
- vernal,
- vernant,
- vert,
- virescent,
- whitish,
- whity,
- yellowish-green