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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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

2. The 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared
      from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

   Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from
      carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to
      the phthale["i]ns.
      [1913 Webster]

3. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Carmine, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    228
   Housing Units (2000): 118
   Land area (2000):     1.647399 sq. miles (4.266743 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.647399 sq. miles (4.266743 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            12916
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             30.149059 N, 96.688420 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     78932
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Carmine, TX
    Carmine


Thesaurus Results for carmine:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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