glaucous
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Glaucous (, ) is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens), glaucous macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus), and glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa).
Key facts
- Color.title
- Glaucous
- Color.hex
- 6082B6
- Color.source
- ISCC-NBS
- Color.isccname
- Moderate blue
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- color
- Subclass of
- grey
- Part of
- shade of grey
- Image
- Dudleya Brittonii.jpg
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- P8168
- Tanana River
- Commons category
- Glaucous leaves
- sRGB color hex triplet
- 79A0C1
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Glaucous (, ) is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens), glaucous macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus), and glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa).
The term glaucous is also used botanically as an adjective to mean "covered with a greyish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily rubbed off" (e.g. glaucous leaves).
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