glauk
glauk , derived from the Greek adjective γλαυκός ( glaukós ) for 'luminous', 'light-eyed' or 'bluish', describes an epidermis in plant morphology that, like a plum , has a fine powdery layer or a grayish or bluish-white to -green, thin layer of wax is "frosted", that is, covered.
It also means of a pale yellow-green or pale, pale green and also of a light blue-gray, pale gray or bluish-white, green color.
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- Urs Eggli : Glossary of Botanical Terms with Special Reference to Succulent Plants including German equivalents . British Cactus and Succulent Society, Richmond 1993, ISBN 0-902099-22-1 , pp. 41 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fritz Clemens Werner : Word elements of Latin-Greek technical terms in the biological sciences . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1972, ISBN 3-518-36564-9 , p. 205.
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