Same definition as above, but showing that bloom is often just as surface coating, as on many agaves and palms. Here Agave attenuata Nova, a blue agave, is actually just a green agave with a bloom making it look glaucous/blue.
Glaucous
Covered in a powdery bloom, as on plums or grapes.
Globose ...
Glaucous: A plant with a blue-green, grey or white bloom on the surface.
Graft: A method of joining plants together, for example fruit trees are often grafted on to a more vigorous rootstock.
glaucous
Blue-green or a blue-gray to white powdery bloom which usually refers to the leaves and stems. Green grapes would be described as glaucous also.
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glaucous
dull greyish-green or blue, referring to leaves or stems; covered with a powdery bloom.
GLAUCOUS -- Plant surface which is covered with a bluish-gray bloom.
GLOCHID -- A small hooked hair borne on some cacti.
GRAFTING -- The process of joining a stem or bud of one plant on to the stem of another.
glaucous Covered with a grayish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating that is easily rubbed off. Blue spruce needles are an example of glaucous leaves.
gradual metamorphosis See simple metamorphosis.
graft union See bud union.
GLAUCOUS: Plant surface which is covered with a bluish-gray bloom.
GLEN: A term meaning a narrow valley.
GLOCHID: A small hooked hair borne on some cacti.
Other plants protect themselves with a waxy coating that gives a glaucous, bluish cast to the leaves; plants such as toadflax and wallflower `Bowles Mauve' are examples.
Artemisia: Artemisia is a large group of shrubs, perennials and annuals with ornamental foliage generally of silver or glaucous gray.
A taxonomic group comprising closely related species. glabrous Hairless glaucous Having a gray or whitish cast, covered with a bluish, gray, or white bloom. globose Nearly spherical. grex All the seedlings of a particular cross.
Sedum 'Vera Jameson' has delicate pink flowers in late summer. Its glaucous blue foliage turns reddish-purple in fall. Hardy in USDA Zones 3 to 9.
Blue oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens), Zone 5. Glaucous foliage that arches downward to form a neat, tufted clump.
Conifers are so different from all other plants as well as differing so much from each other. They come in an amazing range of sizes and colours. Some are an extraordinary glaucous blue while others come in every shade of green or gold.
'Monstruoso de Carentan' - French heritage leek with short stems from October to January
'Pandora' - glaucous leaves and long white stems. Crops between September and January
'Autumn Giant 2 Porvite' - tasty, white stems ...
They are the camels of the plant world. Other plants have evolved a waxy, whitish coating (glaucous) on the leaves. Still others have leaves that are leathery or finely cut to help prevent water loss.
glaucous search for term- a. (L. glaucus, sea-green) bluish green; covered with a pale green bloom.globose search for term- a. (L. globosus, rounded as a ball) rounded; almost spherical; globular.glomerate search for term- vt. (L.
 See also: Flower, Plant, Foliage, Soil, Growing
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