vinaceous

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vinaceus, from Latin vinum.

adj

  1. containing wine
  2. of the colour of red wine
    vinaceous:
    Caudal femora of the lighter general color inclined to vinaceous pink on the ventral portion of the lateral face, dorsal and bounding carinae of the paginae sparsely beaded, face of the paginae suffused with the dark color, […] 1917, Peter Walter Claassen, Raymond Hill Beamer, Studies in Kansas Insects, page 116

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