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Adjective: cerise  su'rees
  1. Of a colour at the end of the colour spectrum (next to orange); resembling the colour of blood, cherries, tomatoes or rubies
    "The picture would come through dark with a cerise tinge";
    - red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet, rufescent, reddy
Noun: cerise  su'rees
  1. A red the colour of ripe cherries
    - cherry, cherry red

Derived forms: cerises

See also: chromatic

Type of: red, redness

Encyclopedia: Cerise