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Ocher
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Ocher has 2 senses
- ocher(n = noun.attribute) ochre - a moderate yellow-orange to orange color; Array is a kind of orange yellow, saffron
- ocher(n = noun.substance) ochre - any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment; Array is a kind of earth color
has particulars: sinoper, sinopia, sinopis, yellow ocher, yellow ochre
Adjective Ocher has 1 sense
- ocher(s = adj.all) ochre - of a moderate orange-yellow color; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
Ocher, n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr. , from () pale, pale yellow.].
- A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. [1913 Webster]
- The color of ocher{1}, varying around orange, from more yellowish to more reddish in tint. [PJC]
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Ocher
Orange
N orange, red and yellow, gold, or, flame color, ocher, Mars'orange, cadmium, cardinal bird, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal lobelia (a flowering plant), orange, ochreous, orange-colored, gold-colored, flame-colored, copper-colored, brass-colored, apricot-colored, warm, hot, glowing.
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