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peuce

peuce is the alternative spelling of puce.

Meaning of puce

Noun

puce (countable and uncountable, plural puces)

  1. A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
    • For blacks, browns, puces, and violets, the acetate or tartrate of iron must be employed.1881, Alvin Wood Chase, Dr. Chase's Recipes Or, Information for Everybody, page 596

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Forms of peuce

pluralpeuces

Questions about peuce

What is peuce the alternative spelling of?
Peuce is the alternative spelling of puce.

Words near peuce in the dictionary

  1. petzites
  2. Petzold
  3. Petzolds
  4. Petzval lens
  5. Petzval lenses
  6. peuce
  7. peucedanin
  8. peucedanoid
  9. peucedanum
  10. peuces
  11. Peucetian

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