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Word of the Day – Glaucous

By July 10, 2025Word of the Day

Glaucous (adj)

glaw-kus

Light bluish-green or greenish-blue. /(Botany). covered with a whitish bloom, as a plum.

1665–75; Latin glaucus silvery, gray, bluish-green

Example sentences

“I polished the glaucous and took a bite.”

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