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citrinous

citrinous is the alternative form of citrine.

Meaning of citrine

Adjective

citrine (not comparable)

  1. Of a goldish-yellow colour.
    • The coin […] bore what I at first thought was a woman's face—a woman crowned, neither young nor old, but silent and perfect in the citrine metal.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter III, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 31

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Questions about citrinous

What is citrinous the alternative form of?
Citrinous is the alternative form of citrine.

Words near citrinous in the dictionary

  1. citrines
  2. Citrini
  3. citrinin
  4. citrinins
  5. citrinitas
  6. citrinous
  7. Citro
  8. citrobacteriosis
  9. Citroen
  10. Citroens
  11. citroid

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