cerise

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cerise
    adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
           orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
           tomatoes or rubies [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy},
           {blood-red}, {carmine}, {cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red},
           {crimson}, {ruby}, {ruby-red}, {scarlet}]
    n 1: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: {cerise}, {cherry},
         {cherry red}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cerise \Ce*rise"\, a. [F., a cherry. See {Cherry}.]
   Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile
   fabrics, especially silk.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "cerise":
      Titian, Titian-red, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation,
      carnelian, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson, damask,
      ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming,
      glowing, gules, hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red,
      lake-colored, laky, lateritious, lobster-red, lurid, maroon,
      port-wine, puce, red, red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish,
      reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric,
      rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent,
      rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, scarlet, stammel, tile-red,
      vermilion, vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red

    

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