coccineous

Adjective

coccineous (not comparable)

1. (formal) Scarlet.
   • This is allied to Lanieri, but is at once distinguished by the thorax, posterior coxae, femora and tibiae being entirely coccineous, and the four anterior legs black.1872, Transactions of the American Entomological Society
   • The species is well distinguished in its soft delicate texture, much convoluted plicate thallus, bright coccineous medulla up to the apices of the laciniae, […]1975, Dharani Dhar Awasthi, A monograph of the lichen genus Dirinaria