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puniceous

puniceous adjective: bright red or purple in colour.

Adjective

puniceous (comparative more puniceous, superlative most puniceous)

  1. (obsolete) Bright red or purple in colour.

Forms of puniceous

comparativemore puniceous
superlativemost puniceous

Origin of puniceous

From Latin pūniceus, from pūnicus (“Punic”).

Questions about puniceous

What does puniceous mean?
Puniceous means bright red or purple in colour.
What part of speech is puniceous?
Puniceous is an adjective.

Words near puniceous in the dictionary

  1. punicalagin
  2. punicalagins
  3. punicalgin
  4. punicalin
  5. punicalins
  6. puniceous
  7. punicic
  8. punicic acid
  9. punicin
  10. punicine
  11. Punicism

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