CERISE

red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet

(adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

cerise, cherry, cherry red

(noun) a red the color of ripe cherries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cerise (countable and uncountable, plural cerises)

A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.

Adjective

cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)

Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Source: Wiktionary


Ce*rise", a. Etym: [F., a cherry. See Cherry.]

Definition: Cherry-colored; a light bright red; --- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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