scarlet : Idioms & Phrases

• a pigment of an intense scarlet color, consisting of mercuric iodide.

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• (Zoöl.), the red admiral. See under Red. Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean (Phaseolus multiflorus) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.

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• noun plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
  Penstemon centranthifolius.
  

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• noun handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
  scarlet bush; Hamelia erecta; coloradillo; Hamelia patens.
  

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• noun woody vine of Texas having showy solitary nodding scarlet flowers
  Clematis texensis.
  

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• noun a discomycete that is a harbinger of spring; the fruiting body is thin and tough and saucer-shaped (about the size of quarter to a half dollar) with a deep bright red upper surface and a whitish exterior
  Sarcoscypha coccinea.
  

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• noun an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
  scarlatina.
  

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• (Med.), a contagious febrile disease characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.

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• (Zoöl.), the telescope fish; so called from its red color. See under Telescope.

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• noun western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers
  Fritillaria recurva.
  

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• noun handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
  scarlet bush; Hamelia erecta; coloradillo; Hamelia patens.
  

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• noun common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries
  Crataegus biltmoreana.
  

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• (Zoöl.) See under Ibis.

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• noun the letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it
  

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• noun Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
  Lychins chalcedonica; maltese cross.
  

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

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• (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss, especially Thombidium holosericeum and allied species. The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.

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• noun viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers
  Nyctaginia capitata.
  

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• noun medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn
  Quercus coccinea.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus coccinea) of the United States; so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn.

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

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• noun Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers
  Euphorbia fulgens.
  

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• noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
  runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; Phaseolus multiflorus.
  
• noun hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
  Kennedia prostrata; running postman.
  
• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; English runner bean.
  

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• (Bot.), the scarlet bean.

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• noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
  runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; Phaseolus multiflorus.
  
• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; English runner bean.
  

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• noun North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit; a source of many cultivated strawberries
  Virginia strawberry; Fragaria virginiana.
  

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• noun common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
  smooth sumac; Rhus glabra; vinegar tree.
  

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• noun the male is bright red with black wings and tail
  Piranga olivacea; redbird; firebird.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See under Tanager.

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• noun a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies
  Sesbania grandiflora; vegetable hummingbird.
  

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• adjective satellite of crimson tinged with scarlet
  

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• adjective satellite of pink tinged with scarlet
  

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