glaucous
(adjective) having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants; “glaucous stems”; “glaucous plums”; “glaucous grapes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
glaucous (comparative more glaucous, superlative most glaucous)
(color) Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
(botany) Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.
Source: Wiktionary
Glau"cous, a. Etym: [L. glaucus, Gr.
1. Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue. Lindley.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
