glaucous

glau·cous (glô′kəs)

adjective

bluish-green or yellowish-green
Bot. covered with a greenish bloom that can be rubbed off, as grapes, plums, cabbage leaves, etc.

Etymology: L glaucus < Gr glaukos: see glauco-

Modifies a noun

sedge: In the typical rushy grassland sedges are sparse, but in the more diverse areas glaucous sedge is prominent.
gull: A glaucous gull was reported from the ARC site this morning.
foliage: This is a very tall species of grass, with lovely glaucous blue foliage.
leave: Its broad glaucous leaves show off the large heads of shining flowers.
meadow-grass: Associated vascular plants include brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and glaucous meadow-grass Poa glauca.
green: The foliage can be variously colored but are mainly glaucous green with a few cultivars showing variegation running the length of the leaf.

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