Etymology

puniceous

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Today it means: Bright red or purple in colour. Full definition →

Latin pūniceus
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompūniceus
  2. English todaypuniceous

From Latin pūniceus, from pūnicus (“Punic”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.