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russet

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1. russet - Noun

2. russet - Adjective

3. russet - Verb

4. russet - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.

Coarse; homespun; rustic.

A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

Cloth or clothing of a russet color.

A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.

An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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She clad herself in a russet gown, She was no longer Lady Clare: She went by dale, and she went by down, With a single rose in her hair.The lily-white doe Lord Ronald had brought Leapt up from where she lay. Dropped her head in the maiden's hand. And followed her all the way. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Within the sober realm of leafless trees, The russet year inhaled the dreamy air; Like some tanned reaper, in his hour of ease, When all the fields are lying brown and bare. Thomas Buchanan Read

In August New York magazine published an alternative witness sketch, reportedly based on a description by Flight 305 eyewitness Robert Gregory, depicting horn-rimmed sunglasses, a "russet"-colored suit jacket with wide lapels, and marcelled hair. Source: Internet

Characteristics Flowers of a potato plant Russet potatoes Potato plants are herbaceous perennials that grow about convert high, depending on variety, with the leaves dying back after flowering, fruiting and tuber formation. Source: Internet

Diane Diane Russet, a former Big Brother Naija contestant and actress, has told her fans to stop sending nudes. Source: Internet

Russet was a coarse homespun cloth made of wool and dyed with woad and madder to give it a subdued grey or brown shade. Source: Internet

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