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Adjective: rufescent  roo'fe-sunt
  1. Of a colour at the end of the colour spectrum (next to orange); resembling the colour of blood, cherries, tomatoes or rubies
    - red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet, reddy

See also: chromatic

Encyclopedia: Rufescent