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GLAUCOUS (Gr. yAavK6s, bright, gleaming)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 115 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GLAUCOUS (Gr. yAavK6s, bright, gleaming)

GLAUCOUS (Gr. yAavK6s, See also:
BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON
bright, gleaming) , a word meaning of a See also:

sea-See also:

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COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany covered with See also:

BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

bloom, like a See also:

PLUM

plum or a See also:

CABBAGE

cabbage-See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

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