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CERISE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A red the color of ripe cherries

Synonyms:

cerise; cherry; cherry red

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("cerise" is a kind of...):

red; redness (red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)

Derivation:

cerise (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Synonyms:

blood-red; carmine; cerise; cherry; cherry-red; crimson; red; reddish; ruby; ruby-red; ruddy; scarlet

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

cerise (a red the color of ripe cherries)

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