vinaceous
/vʌɪˈneɪʃəs
/adjective chiefly technical
Of the colour of red wine.He waited until she was out of breath and the collar of her shirt was vinaceous with blood, and politely offered help....
- The effects of sympatric occurrence on the territorial vocalizations of the vinaceous dove Streptopelia vinacea and the ring-necked dove S. capicola.
- Its spores are vinaceous pink to purple brown or chocolate in the mass; they are fusiform-amygdaloid and show a certain amount of compression.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin vinaceus (from vinum 'wine') + -ous.
- underemployment
- under-equipped
- underestimate
- underestimation
- underexpose
- underexposure
- underfed
- underfeed
- underfelt
- underfinanced
- under fire
- under-fives
- underfloor
- underflow
- under foot
- underfoot
- underframe
- underfund
- underfunding
- Ferrier, Kathleen
- ferriferous
- ferrihydrite
- ferrimagnet
- ferrimagnetic
- ferrimagnetism