carmine

4 definitions found

carmine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carmine \Car"mine\, n. [F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It.
     carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See
     Crimson.]
     1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.
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     2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared
        from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.
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     3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal,
        extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a
        glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called
        also carminic acid.
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     Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from
        carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to
        the phthale["i]ns.
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carmine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  carmine
      adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
             orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
             tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy,
             blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red,
             crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
      n 1: a variable color averaging a vivid red [syn: cardinal,
           carmine]
      v 1: color carmine

carmine - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Carmine, TX (city, FIPS 12916)
    Location: 30.14960 N, 96.68883 W
    Population (1990): 192 (120 housing units)
    Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 78932

carmine - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "carmine":
     Titian, Titian-red, bricky, cardinal, carnation, carnelian, cerise,
     cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson, damask, ferruginous,
     fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, glowing, gules,
     hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red, lake-colored, laky,
     lateritious, lobster-red, lurid, maroon, port-wine, puce, red,
     red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish, reddish-amber,
     reddish-brown, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby,
     ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust,
     rust-red, rusty, scarlet, stammel, tile-red, vermilion, vinaceous,
     warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red