glaucous

English - Turkish

Definition of glaucous in English Turkish dictionary

yeşilimsi mavi

üstü toz gibi beyaz bir madde ile kaplı

sarımsı yeşil renkte olan

{s} mat yeşil

{s} mat mavi

English - English

Definition of glaucous in English English dictionary

Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour

Of a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge, especially when covered with a powdery residue

{a} having a light-green color, greenish

A yellowish green or sea-green color

a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge

Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue

Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf

{s} of blue or grayish-green color; covered in a grayish powdery material

having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants; "glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous grapes

Related Terms

glaucous gull

A large gull which breeds in the Arctic

glaucous sedge

A sedge species, Carex flacca

Hyphenation

glau·cous

Etymology

[ 'glo-k&s ] (adjective.) 1671. From Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukos, “blue-green, blue-grey”).