glaucous

adj.

1. Of a pale grayish or bluish green.
2. Botany. Covered with a grayish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily rubbed off: glaucous leaves.

[Latin glaucus, from Greek glaukos.]

glaucousness glau'cous·ness n.

(GLO-kuhs)

adjective
1. Of a grayish or bluish green or white color.
2. Covered with a powdery coating of such colors, as on grapes, plums, etc.

Etymology
From Latin glaucus (bluish-gray or green), from Greek glaukos

Usage
"Ichabod wants to investigate a series of murders in the village of Sleepy Hollow, where bleak forests and glaucous mists suggest Brigadoon* beset by toxic waste." — Joe Morgenstern; Tim Burton's Version Of Sleepy Hollow Is Both Sleepy and Hollow; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Nov 19, 1999. Brigadoon: http://wordsmith.org/words/brigadoon.html

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Covered with a grayish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily brushed off.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants

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