ochroleucous

English

Etymology

ochre +‎ -o- +‎ leucous

Adjective

ochroleucous (comparative more ochroleucous, superlative most ochroleucous)

Yellowish-white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow[1]
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References

Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Ochroleucous.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.

“ochroleucous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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