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A.Word.A.Day--caesious

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This week's theme: words having vowels aeiou once and only once, and in order.

caesious (SEE-zee-uhs) adjective

Bluish or grayish green.

[From Latin caesius, probably from caelum (sky).]

-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)

"Leaves [are] medium green on upper surface, caesious beneath." Peter Sell and Gina Murrell; Flora of Great Britain and Ireland; Cambridge University Press; 2006.

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