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Glaucous

/ˈɡlɔː.kəs/

(color) Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.

📖 Definitions of "Glaucous"

adjective

1
(color) Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
2
Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
opaquenoun	Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
opaquenoun	Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
glucousnoun	Of or containing glucose.
glaucescentnoun	Having a somewhat glaucous appearance
subglaucous	Having a colour between glaucous and green.
glaucinenoun	(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from various plant of genus Glaucium (horned poppy).
blue-gray	Of a bluish grey color.
pearly	Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous.
glaireous	slimy
glairynoun	(obsolete) Of or pertaining to glair; slimy, viscous and transparent.
griseous	Having a gray, mottled appearance
hoary	White or grey with age.
silver-greynoun	A shiny pale grey colour.
glazynoun	Having the appearance of a glaze; glazed.
moss greennoun	A dark green colour with a tint of yellow, like that of moss.
mousynoun	Timid.
glumous	(botany) Bearing or relating to a glume.
glacéverb	coated with sugar; candied or crystallised
clair de lunenoun	A pale bluish-gray colour.
cloudynoun	Covered with or characterised by clouds.
muddy	Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).