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What does glaucous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
  2. (botany) Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.
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Unlike other birds observed during these surveys, glaucous gulls occurred in significantly higher densities in June than in July and August.
It is a compact bush, with dark-coloured foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom.
With its prostate growth habit, the ground-hugging stems of this form are clothed in glaucous foliage.
In the event of an oil spill, sea ducks are more vulnerable to contact oil than surface-feeding species, such as glaucous gulls.
Conversely, sorrow that was smothered in guilt tended to be a sort of glaucous hue.
To contrast and complement this, Helleborus argutifolius with its glaucous grey-green leaves would make a good frontage.

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