ochre.
A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
Meaning & usage
A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
The stop codon sequence "UAA".
Money, especially gold.
Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
Where this word comes from
From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).
Having a yellow-orange colour.
Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
Where this word comes from
From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).
To cover or tint with ochre.
Where this word comes from
From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).
Obsolete spelling of okra.
Where this word comes from
From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀, but compare Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).
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