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Scarlet \Scar"let\, a.
Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
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{Scarlet admiral} (Zool.), the red admiral. See under {Red}.
-- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus
multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.
{Scarlet fever} (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.
{Scarlet fish} (Zool.), the telescope fish; -- so called from
its red color. See under {Telescope}.
{Scarlet ibis} (Zool.) See under {Ibis}.
{Scarlet maple} (Bot.), the red maple. See {Maple}.
{Scarlet mite} (Zool.), 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.
{Scarlet oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus coccinea})
of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color
of its leaves in autumn.
{Scarlet runner} (Bot.), the scarlet bean.
{Scarlet tanager}. (Zool.) See under {Tanager}.
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