ochroleucous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ochre +‎ -o- +‎ leucous

Adjective[edit]

ochroleucous (comparative more ochroleucous, superlative most ochroleucous)

  1. Yellowish-white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow[1]
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary [].] Ochroleucous.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, [], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., [], →OCLC.