red : Idioms & Phrases

• noun any of various acid dyes; used for dyeing wool scarlet red
  alizarin crimson; alizarin carmine.
  

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• noun a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye
  alizarine red.
  

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• noun common North American shrub or small tree
  American red elder; Sambucus pubens; stinking elder.
  

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• noun wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
  goose plum; Prunus americana; August plum.
  

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• noun of northern United States and Canada
  Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; American red squirrel; Sciurus hudsonicus; spruce squirrel.
  

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• adjective satellite of red tinged with black
  

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• adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
  reddish; scarlet; cherry; crimson; blood-red; cerise; cherry-red; carmine; ruby; red; ruddy.
  

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• noun a bright reddish-brown color
  

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• adjective satellite of the red of fresh raspberries
  bright-red.
  

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• adjective satellite of red tinged with bronze
  

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• adjective satellite of dark brownish to purplish red
  maroon.
  

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• noun pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark
  Canadian red pine; Pinus resinosa.
  

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• noun capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
  Beijing; Peking; Peiping.
  

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• color like that of a cardinal's cassock, hat, etc.; a bright red, darket than scarlet, and between scarlet and crimson.

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• (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns.

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• noun a red the color of ripe cherries
  cherry; cerise.
  

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• adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
  reddish; scarlet; cherry; crimson; blood-red; cerise; cherry-red; carmine; ruby; red; ruddy.
  

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• adjective satellite of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
  cinnabar; vermilion; vermillion.
  

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• noun a red pigment used in paints; basic lead chromate
  

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• a beautiful red pigment originally prepared from the basic chromate of lead, but now made from red oxide of lead.

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• adjective satellite red tinged with cinnamon
  

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• noun a red-brown azo dye especially as a chemical pH indicator (congo red is red in basic and blue in acidic solutions)
  

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• adjective satellite of red tinged with coral
  

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• noun a red color that reflects little light
  

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• noun a deep and vivid red color
  crimson; ruby.
  

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• noun small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
  red cedar; eastern red cedar; Juniperus virginiana.
  

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• noun common salamander of eastern North America
  Plethodon cinereus.
  

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• a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to Indian red.

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• noun Eurasian shrub
  Sambucus racemosa; European red elder.
  

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• noun tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria
  Eucalypt tereticornis.
  

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• rouge.

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• noun wildflower of western North America having ragged clusters of crimson or scarlet flowers
  Castilleja miniata.
  

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High"-red` adjective

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1. Of a strong red color.

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• a red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum.

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• noun a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics
  
• noun a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment
  
• noun a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians
  

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• . (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red. (b) See Almagra.

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• a dyestuff, isomeric with indigo blue, obtained from crude indigo as a dark brown amorphous powder.

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• noun a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists
  Anti-Imperialist International Brigade; JRA.
  
  • in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel

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• noun pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental
  Pinus densiflora; Japanese table pine.
  

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• noun a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with red
  reddish-brown; mahogany-red.
  

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• (Chem.), a dyestuff obtained from certain diazo derivatives of naphthylamine, and called also magdala red.

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• noun large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks
  Quercus borealis; Quercus rubra.
  

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• (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of Geology.

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• noun a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
  scarlet; vermilion.
  

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• adjective satellite of red tinged with orange
  orange-red.
  

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• adjective satellite of red tinged with orange
  orange-red.
  

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• noun a dark brownish-red color
  

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• . See Indian red (a), under Indian.

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• a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a room, from which pictures are hung.

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• adjective satellite of red tinged with pink
  

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• adjective satellite of red tinged with purple
  purple-red.
  

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• noun a red with a tinge of purple
  purplish red.
  

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• noun a red with a tinge of purple
  purplish red.
  
• adjective satellite of red tinged with purple
  purple-red.
  

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• adjective satellite of the red of fresh raspberries
  bright-red.
  

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• noun of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings
  Vanessa atalanta.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a beautiful butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva feeds on nettles. Called also Atlanta butterfly, and nettle butterfly.

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• noun large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture
  Oregon alder; Alnus rubra.
  

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• noun the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger)
  

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• noun marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan
  

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• noun tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal
  gentleman's-cane; prince's-plume; Amaranthus cruentus; prince's-feather; Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus; Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys; purple amaranth.
  

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• noun arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers
  Brugmansia sanguinea; Datura sanguinea.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests houses . (b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanquinea), native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making species.

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• (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral (b), under Kermes.

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• noun a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998
  RAF.
  

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• noun smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
  downy ash; Fraxinus pennsylvanica.
  

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• (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray.

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• noun North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries
  red baneberry; snakeberry; redberry; Actaea rubra.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Redfish (d).

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• noun North American bat of a brick or rusty red color with hairs tipped with white
  Lasiurus borealis.
  

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• noun small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
  laurel-tree; Persea borbonia.
  

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• (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States.

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• noun evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
  sand berry; mountain box; creashak; common bearberry; wild cranberry; mealberry; bear's grape; sandberry; hog cranberry; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bright red sponge (Microciona prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. Local, U.S.

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• noun North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
  white beech; Fagus grandifolia; Fagus americana; American beech.
  
• noun large tree of Australasia
  silky elm; booyong; brown oak; Terrietia trifoliolata; stave wood; crow's foot; Heritiera trifoliolata.
  

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• noun birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
  river birch; black birch; Betula nigra.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored wood. Gray.

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• noun biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
  Lychnis dioica; red bird's eye; Silene dioica.
  

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• . (Med.) See Daltonism.

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• noun a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
  RBC; erythrocyte.
  

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• noun bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells
  red bone marrow.
  

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• a book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state. Eng.

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• an ancient record in which are registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II. Brande & C.

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• noun dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
  claret.
  

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• noun brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry
  guinea gold.
  

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• an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc.

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• noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989
  Brigate Rosse; BR.
  

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• noun bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia
  Bryonia dioica; wild hop.
  

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• noun a shrub buckeye of southern United States
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites . (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris, especially the European species (P. apterus), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.

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• noun cabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves
  
• noun compact head of purplish-red leaves
  

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• noun biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
  Lychnis dioica; red bird's eye; Silene dioica.
  

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• noun a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on
  
• adjective satellite special treatment or hospitality
  red carpet.
  
  • the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment

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• noun large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
  red cedar; canoe cedar; Thuja plicata.
  
• noun small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
  red cedar; eastern red cedar; Juniperus virginiana.
  
• noun tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
  incense cedar; Libocedrus decurrens; Calocedrus decurrens.
  
• noun fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
  

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• . (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree (Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having fragrant reddish wood; called also toon tree in India.

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• noun something of little value
  tinker's dam; tinker's damn; hoot; damn; darn; shucks; shit.
  
  • his promise is not worth a damn
  • not worth one red cent
  • not worth shucks

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• . See under Chalk.

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• noun a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
  Cathay; PRC; Communist China; mainland China; China; People's Republic of China.
  

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• noun clay whose redness results from iron oxide
  

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• noun plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon
  Clintonia andrewsiana; Andrew's clintonia.
  

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• noun leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)
  

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• noun erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
  Trifolium pratense; purple clover.
  

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• noun coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root
  Armoracia rusticana; horseradish; horse radish.
  

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• (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.

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• noun the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
  coral; precious coral.
  
• noun corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelry
  

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• (Zoöl.), the precious coral (Corallium rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea.

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• noun an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime
  

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• . The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva cross, under Geneva.

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• noun cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
  Ribes rubrum; garden current.
  
• noun small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies
  

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• . (Bot.) See Currant.

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• noun Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin
  Callitris endlicheri; Callitris calcarata; black cypress pine.
  

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• noun relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
  Leonotis leonurus; dagga; wilde dagga; Cape dagga.
  

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• noun common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
  elk; Cervus elaphus; American elk; wapiti.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The common stag (Cervus elaphus), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer.

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• noun a sweet eating apple with bright red skin; most widely grown apple worldwide
  

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• noun barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
  Seconal; secobarbital; secobarbital sodium.
  

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• noun European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
  common European dogwood; pedwood; blood-twig; Cornus sanguinea.
  
• noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
  Cornus stolonifera; American dogwood; redbrush; red dogwood; red osier.
  

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• noun large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
  channel bass; redfish; Sciaenops ocellatus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a European reddish brown duck (Fuligula nyroca); called also ferruginous duck.

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• noun a small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter
  red dwarf.
  

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• noun a small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter
  red dwarf.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Grenadillo.

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• noun red terrestrial form of a common North American newt
  Notophthalmus viridescens.
  

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• noun autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United States
  September elm; Ulmus serotina.
  
• noun North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood
  slippery elm; Ulmus rubra.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell.

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• noun false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum
  prairie mallow; Sphaeralcea coccinea; Malvastrum coccineum.
  

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• (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American Abies magnifica and A. nobilis.

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• noun combustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright red; used in flares and fireworks
  

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• . (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire.

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• noun a flag that serves as a warning signal
  
  • we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up
• noun the emblem of socialist revolution
  
• noun something that irritates or demands immediate action
  
  • doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull

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• . See under Flag.

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• noun weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers
  Celosia argentea.
  
• noun New World fox; often considered the same species as the Old World fox
  Vulpes fulva.
  
• noun the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species
  Vulpes vulpes.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common American fox (Vulpes fulvus), which is usually reddish in color.

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• noun a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun
  red giant.
  

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• noun a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun
  red giant.
  

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• noun an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands
  Alpinia purpurata.
  

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• noun body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side
  Mullus auratus.
  

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• noun common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States
  Chenopodium rubrum; French spinach.
  
• noun herb considered fatal to swine
  Chenopodium hybridum; sowbane.
  

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• noun tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
  dahl; dhal; Cajanus cajan; pigeon-pea plant; cajan pea; catjang pea; pigeon pea.
  

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• noun reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain
  moorgame; moorfowl; moor-bird; Lagopus scoticus; moorbird.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under Ptarmigan.

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• noun a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles
  

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• noun reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis
  eucalyptus kino; eucalyptus gum.
  
• noun very large red gum tree
  Eucalyptus calophylla; marri.
  
• noun red gum tree of Tasmania
  Eucalyptus amygdalina; peppermint gum; peppermint.
  
• noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
  hazelwood; sweet gum; satin walnut.
  
• noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; sweet gum tree; bilsted.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus.

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• (Her.), a left hand appaumé, fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; called also Badge of Ulster.

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• noun a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder
  RHD.
  

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• noun American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers
  Crataegus pedicellata; Crataegus coccinea.
  
• noun American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
  Crataegus mollis; downy haw; Crataegus coccinea mollis.
  

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• noun the heat or the color of fire
  fieriness.
  

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• noun orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers
  Cephalanthera rubra.
  

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• noun any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
  
• noun a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
  smoked herring.
  
• noun a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus
  preliminary prospectus.
  
  • because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring

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• the common herring dried and smoked. Fig. something that merely distracts attention from the basic issue; esp. something irrelevant to the issue at hand, or something which is not true or does not exist.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species . (b) See the Note under Drumfish.

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• noun a frankfurter served hot on a bun
  hot dog; hotdog.
  

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• noun a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
  American Indian; Indian.
  

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• noun the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
  loss; red.
  
  • the company operated at a loss last year
  • the company operated in the red last year

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• noun a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl
  Gallus gallus.
  

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• noun small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
  red cedar; eastern red cedar; Juniperus virginiana.
  

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• noun New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark
  Agathis lanceolata.
  

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• noun hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany
  
• noun valuable Philippine timber tree
  red lauan; Shorea teysmanniana.
  

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• noun valuable Philippine timber tree
  red lauan; Shorea teysmanniana.
  

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• noun edible red seaweeds
  laver.
  

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• noun a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
  minium.
  

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• . (Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.

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• noun a cautionary sign of danger
  warning light.
  
• noun the signal to stop
  

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• noun a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink
  

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• (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.

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• (Zoöl.), the larva of the wheat midge.

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• noun succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States
  Calandrinia ciliata; redmaids.
  

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• noun (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
  Redskin; Injun.
  

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• one of the American Indians; so called from his color.

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• . (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.

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• noun maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn
  Acer rubrum; scarlet maple; swamp maple.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple.

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• noun bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells
  red bone marrow.
  

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• noun meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton)
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Red spider, below.

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• noun annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States
  Ipomoea coccinea; star ipomoea.
  

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• noun North American mulberry having dark purple edible fruit
  Morus rubra.
  

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• (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color (Morus rubra).

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• noun brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
  Mullus surmuletus; surmullet; goatfish.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the surmullet. See Mullet.

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• noun an Interpol notice describing a wanted person and asking that he or she be arrested with a view to extradition; a wanted notice that is issued by Interpol at the request of an Interpol member country and distributed to all member countries
  International Wanted Notice.
  
  • an Interpol Red Notice is the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant in use today

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• noun any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles
  

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• (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color.

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• noun flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads
  purple onion.
  

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• noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
  Cornus stolonifera; American dogwood; redbrush; red dogwood; red osier.
  
• noun Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
  purple willow; purple osier; Salix purpurea; red osier; basket willow.
  

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• noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
  Cornus stolonifera; American dogwood; redbrush; red dogwood; red osier.
  

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• noun reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
  Ailurus fulgens; bear cat; lesser panda; panda; cat bear.
  

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• noun ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
  cayenne pepper; cayenne.
  
• noun very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small
  tabasco.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the rosefish.

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• noun commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
  cayenne jasmine; rose periwinkle; old maid; Madagascar periwinkle; periwinkle; Cape periwinkle; Catharanthus roseus; Vinca rosea.
  

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• noun phalarope of northern oceans and lakes
  Phalaropus fulicarius.
  

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• . (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.

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• noun herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather
  Anagallis arvensis; scarlet pimpernel; poor man's weatherglass.
  

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• noun tall New Zealand timber tree
  rimu; Dacrydium cupressinum; imou pine.
  
• noun pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark
  Canadian red pine; Pinus resinosa.
  

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• (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus resinosa); so named from its reddish bark.

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• noun a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
  Mars.
  
  • Mars has two satellites

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• noun hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle
  

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• noun food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America
  Pagrus pagrus.
  

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• . See under Precipitate.

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• noun any of several raspberries bearing red fruit
  

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• noun large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms
  Elaphe guttata; corn snake.
  

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• noun a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned
  hellfire.
  

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• (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. Cant

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• the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.

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• noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
  Red.
  

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• noun red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast
  
• noun a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America
  Sebastodes ruberrimus.
  

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• noun fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
  sockeye; sockeye salmon.
  
• noun small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
  sockeye; blueback salmon; sockeye salmon; Oncorhynchus nerka.
  

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• noun hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork
  ruby wood.
  
• noun tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
  red sandalwood; red sanders; red sanderswood; Pterocarpus santalinus.
  
• noun East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
  coralwood; Adenanthera pavonina; Barbados pride; coral-wood; peacock flower fence.
  

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• noun tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
  red sandalwood; red sanders; red sanderswood; Pterocarpus santalinus.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Sanders.

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• noun tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
  red sandalwood; red sanders; red sanderswood; Pterocarpus santalinus.
  

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• . (Geol.) See under Sandstone.

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• noun tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
  red sandalwood; red sanders; red sanderswood; Pterocarpus santalinus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia.

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• noun a period of general fear of communists
  

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• noun a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal
  

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• noun an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat
  Irish setter.
  

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• noun (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding
  redshift.
  

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• noun low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California
  redwood penstemon.
  

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• noun a plant fiber from the red silk-cotton tree of eastern India; inferior to kapok
  

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• noun East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok
  Bombax malabarica; simal; Bombax ceiba.
  

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• (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.

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• noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
  white fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Pacific silver fir; Christmas tree.
  

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• noun South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail
  Carduelis cucullata.
  

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• noun highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico
  
• noun an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico
  Lutjanus blackfordi.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya ∨ Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs.

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• snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga (Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.

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• (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, a condition due either to infarction or inflammation.

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• noun East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber
  sorrel; roselle; rozelle; Jamaica sorrel; Hibiscus sabdariffa.
  

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• noun small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest
  red spider; Panonychus ulmi.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a very small web-spinning mite (Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also red mite.

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• noun small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest
  red spider; Panonychus ulmi.
  

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• noun atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
  sprites.
  

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• noun medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood
  yellow spruce; Picea rubens; eastern spruce.
  

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• noun of northern United States and Canada
  Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; American red squirrel; Sciurus hudsonicus; spruce squirrel.
  
• noun common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia
  cat squirrel; Sciurus vulgaris.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the chickaree.

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• noun a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings
  Puka Inti; Sol Rojo.
  

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• noun a branch of the Tai languages
  

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• noun needlessly time-consuming procedure
  bureaucratic procedure.
  

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• the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. excessive bureaucratic paperwork

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• noun seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin
  

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• noun trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor
  sessile trillium; toadshade; Trillium sessile.
  
• noun trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
  purple trillium; birthroot; Trillium erectum.
  

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• noun moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings
  Catocala nupta.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any species of noctuid moths belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.

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• noun European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers
  French honeysuckle; Centranthus ruber.
  

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• noun a disease of cattle; characterized by hematuria
  

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• a disease in cattle, so called from an appearance like blood in the urine.

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• noun Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
  purple willow; purple osier; Salix purpurea; red osier; basket willow.
  

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• noun wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes
  

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• noun reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America
  Canis rufus; maned wolf; Canis niger.
  

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• noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
  earthworm; angleworm; dew worm; fishworm; wiggler; nightwalker; fishing worm; nightcrawler; crawler.
  

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• noun Old World lemming
  grey lemming; gray lemming.
  

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• noun any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America
  redback vole.
  

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• noun small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
  dunlin; Erolia alpina.
  

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• noun harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States
  Storeria occipitamaculata.
  

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• noun freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
  Pseudemys rubriventris; red-bellied terrapin; redbelly.
  

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• noun freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
  Pseudemys rubriventris; red-bellied terrapin; redbelly.
  

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• noun Eurasian shrub
  Sambucus racemosa; European red elder.
  
• noun common North American shrub or small tree
  American red elder; Sambucus pubens; stinking elder.
  

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• noun small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries
  Rhamnus croceus; redberry.
  
• noun North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries
  red baneberry; snakeberry; redberry; Actaea rubra.
  

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• adjective satellite inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
  protanopic.
  

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• noun dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue
  protanopia.
  

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• adjective satellite endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
  lusty; hearty; full-blooded.
  
  • a hearty glow of health

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• noun widely distributed merganser of America and Europe
  Mergus serrator.
  

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• noun bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests
  Sitta canadensis.
  

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• noun western North American sapsucker
  Sphyrapicus varius ruber.
  

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• noun a dowitcher with a red breast
  Limnodromus scolopaceus.
  

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• adjective satellite of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century
  redbrick.
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with red
  reddish-brown; mahogany-red.
  

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• adjective satellite special treatment or hospitality
  red carpet.
  
  • the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment

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• adjective satellite used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats
  lobster-backed.
  

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• verb travel on an overnight flight
  
  • The candidate red-eyed from California to the East Coast the night before the election to give a last stump speech

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• noun of northern North America having red irises and an olive-grey body with white underparts
  Vireo olivaceous.
  

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• adjective satellite (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  crimson; flushed; reddened; red.
  
  • crimson with fury
  • turned red from exertion
  • with puffy reddened eyes
  • red-faced and violent
  • flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment
• adjective satellite having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
  blushing; blushful.
  
  • the blushing boy was brought before the Principal
  • her blushful beau
  • was red-faced with anger

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• adjective satellite having red flowers
  

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• noun tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australia
  Grevillea banksii.
  

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• adjective satellite bearing red fruit
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with red
  reddish-grey; reddish-gray; red-gray.
  

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• noun confusion of red and green
  red-green color blindness; red-green colour blindness.
  

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• noun confusion of red and green
  red-green color blindness; red-green colour blindness.
  

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• noun confusion of red and green
  red-green color blindness; red-green colour blindness.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with red
  reddish-grey; reddish-gray; red-gray.
  

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Red"-gum` noun

Etymology

Definitions

1. (Med.) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus. Good.
2. A name of rust on grain. See Rust.

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Red"-hand`, Red"-hand`ed adjective ∨ adverb (Also<

• Red-hand rdhnd
• Red-handed

)

Definitions

1. Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed. usu. caught red-handed

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• adjective satellite in the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act
  
  • caught red-handed
• adverb doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible
  
  • he was caught red-handed

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Red"-hand`, Red"-hand`ed adjective ∨ adverb (Also<

• Red-hand rdhnd
• Red-handed

)

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1. Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed. usu. caught red-handed

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• noun someone who has red hair
  redhead; redheader; carrottop.
  

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• adjective satellite having strong sexual appeal
  toothsome; luscious; juicy; voluptuous.
  
  • juicy barmaids
  • a red-hot mama
  • a voluptuous woman
  • a toothsome blonde in a tight dress
• adjective satellite newest or most recent
  hot.
  
  • news hot off the press
  • red-hot information
• adjective satellite characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement
  sizzling.
  
  • a red-hot speech
  • sizzling political issues
• adjective satellite glowing red with heat
  
• adjective satellite very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
  hot; blistering.
  
  • a hot sports car
  • a blistering pace
  • got off to a hot start
  • in hot pursuit
  • a red-hot line drive

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Red"-hot` adjective

Definitions

1. Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical. Shak.

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• noun widely cultivated hybrid poker plant
  Kniphofia praecox.
  

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• verb mark with red ink
  
  • red-ink the area that is restricted

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• adjective satellite of something having a lavender color tinged with red
  reddish-lavender.
  

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• . (Min.) Same as Crocoite.

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• noun a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings
  

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• noun common western European partridge with red legs
  Alectoris ruffa.
  

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• adjective satellite memorable for being a special occasion
  
  • on red-letter nights a large gathering greeted the celebrity

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Red"-let`ter adjective

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.

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• noun a memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars)
  

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• noun a district with many brothels
  

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• noun large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck
  Podiceps grisegena.
  

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• adjective satellite of orange tinged with red
  flame-orange; reddish-orange.
  

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with red
  reddisn-purple.
  

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Red"-rib`and noun

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.

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• adjective satellite rimmed with red
  
  • your red-rimmed eyes reveal that you have been crying

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• noun western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail
  Colaptes caper collaris.
  

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Red"-short` adjective

Definitions

1. (Metal.) Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron. -- Red"-short`ness, n.

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• noun North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders
  Buteo lineatus.
  

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• noun onion with white to deep red tunic; California
  Allium haematochiton.
  

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• noun similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces
  Limenitis astyanax.
  

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• adjective satellite having red stripes
  reddish-striped; red-streaked.
  

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• adjective satellite having red stripes
  reddish-striped; red-streaked.
  

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Red"-tailed` adjective

Definitions

1. Having a red tail.

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• noun dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
  redtail; Buteo jamaicensis.
  

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Red"-tape` adjective

Definitions

1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a.

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Red`-tap"ism noun

Definitions

1. Strict adherence to official formalities. J. C. Shairp.

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Red`-tap"ist noun

Definitions

1. One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities. Ld. Lytton.

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• noun Asian herb (Himalayas)
  Rheum australe; Indian rhubarb; Himalayan rhubarb; Rheum emodi.
  

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• adjective satellite of violet tinged with red
  reddish-violet.
  

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• noun North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
  Agelaius phoeniceus; redwing.
  

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• noun American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken
  

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• noun somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction
  river gum; Eucalyptus rostrata; Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
  

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• adjective satellite of a deep slightly bluish red color
  

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Rose"-red` adjective

Definitions

1. Red as a rose; specifically (Zoöl.), of a pure purplish red color. Chaucer.

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• adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
  reddish; scarlet; cherry; crimson; blood-red; cerise; cherry-red; carmine; ruby; red; ruddy.
  

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• adjective satellite of a red color tinged with rust
  rust-red.
  

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• adjective satellite of a red color tinged with rust
  rust-red.
  

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• verb become angry
  anger.
  
  • He angers easily

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• noun a state of irritation or annoyance
  huff; miff.
  

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• noun large deciduous red oak of southern and eastern United States having large seven-lobed to nine-lobed elliptical leaves, large acorns and medium hard coarse-grained wood
  Quercus shumardii; Shumard oak.
  

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• noun juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States; similar to eastern red cedar
  Juniperus silicicola.
  

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• noun large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
  turkey oak; Quercus falcata; southern red oak.
  

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• an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian red, but slightly yellower and warmer. Fairholt.

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Sul"tan-red` adjective

Definitions

1. Having a deep red color.

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• noun large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
  turkey oak; Quercus falcata; southern red oak.
  

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• light red like the color of tiles or bricks.

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• noun a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye
  alizarine red.
  

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• . (a) A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes, etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously with oil or other fatty matter. (b) Cloth dyed with this red.

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• noun a shade of brown with a tinge of red
  mahogany; sepia; reddish brown; burnt sienna.
  

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• a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate of iron; called also scarlet ocher.

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• noun large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
  red cedar; canoe cedar; Thuja plicata.
  

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• noun salamander of the Pacific coast of North America
  Plethodon vehiculum.
  

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• noun Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat
  animated oat; Avene sterilis.
  

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• adjective satellite of something having the dark red color of red wine
  

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