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scarlet-crimson

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of crimson tinged with scarlet

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  • For instance, the California Poppies, if left to themselves, will take yellow of many resplendent shades for their color, and never vary their cool, gray-green, red-tipped foliage; the Peacock Poppy will be always scarlet-crimson, with a black spot rimmed with white in every petal; the Corn Poppy will be always clear scarlet; the Bride a miracle of lustrous white, and so on.

    An Island Garden 1894

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