Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glaucous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glaucous \Glau"cous\, a. [L. glaucus, Gr. ?.]
1. Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish
blue. --Lindley.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
glaucous
adj : having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants;
"glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous grapes"
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