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Definition of Glaucous
1. Adjective. Having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants. "Glaucous grapes"
Definition of Glaucous
1. a. Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue.
Definition of Glaucous
1. Adjective. Of a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge, especially when covered with a powdery residue. ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glaucous
1. bluish green [adj]
Medical Definition of Glaucous
1. Blue-green in colour, with a whitish bloom. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glaucous
Literary usage of Glaucous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Lvs. 12-18 in. long by 3-4 lines wide, glaucous beneath: marginal and carinal
spines minute, straight. Burma, and the true species perhaps not cult.; ..."
2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"I. Somewhat glaucous, wholly glabrous: lea\os broadly oval, ... often
undulate (glaucous, but less whitened ng), 2 to 4 upper pairs connate : corolla quite ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"I in. broad, acuminate and entire or slightly notched, green above, ashy glaucous
beneath. Queensland. FS 18:1916. AA. Leaf segments green on both aides. ..."
4. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"glaucous GULL OR BURGOMASTER. ... glaucous Gull had not unfrequently been procured
there; but in no instance could I place any reliance upon the report, ..."
5. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1798)
"Leaflets ovate, pointed, doubly serrated, downy ; very glaucous, ... It differs
from that common species in its downy leaves, and their very glaucous hue. ..."
6. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"The general appearance is the same as that of C. orientalis, of which it is
probably only a variety; but the whole plant is more decidedly glaucous. ..."
7. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"JNO. H. SAGE, GENERAL NOTES. • Secretary. Capture of the glaucous Gull ... Mass..
with Mr. RH Freeman, we shot a glaucous Gull (Larus ..."
8. The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany by George Beauchamp Knowles, Frederic Westcott (1838)
"Leaves somewhat erect, "glaucous, more or less obtuse, from 2 to 3 inches broad,
... Leaves remarkably glaucous, erec before flowering, afterwards reflexed. ..."
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