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
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
