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English Definitions
scarlet
N
a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
scarlet
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
N
plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
N
handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
N
woody vine of Texas having showy solitary nodding scarlet flowers
N
a discomycete that is a harbinger of spring; the fruiting body is thin and tough and saucer-shaped (about the size of quarter to a half dollar) with a deep bright red upper surface and a whitish exterior
scarlet fever
N
an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
N
western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers
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handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
N
common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries
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the letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it
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Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
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maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn
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viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers
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medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn
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herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather
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Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers
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tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
scarlet runner
N
hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
scarlet runner
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long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
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tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
scarlet runner bean
N
long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
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North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit; a source of many cultivated strawberries
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common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
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the male is bright red with black wings and tail
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a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies
of crimson tinged with scarlet
of pink tinged with scarlet
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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