rosso

Definitions of rosso
  1. noun
    someone who has red hair
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    type of:
    anima, elemento, essere umano, individuo, microcosmo, persona, tipo, uomo
    a human being
  2. noun
    red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
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    types:
    carminio
    a variable color averaging a vivid red
    porpora
    a deep and vivid red color
    scarlatto, vermiglio
    a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
  3. noun
    nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
    synonyms: giallo, tuorlo
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    type of:
    alimento, cibo, cucina, nutrimento, nutrizione
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
  4. noun
    a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
    synonyms: marxista, minio
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    comunista
    a socialist who advocates communism
  5. adjective
    (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
    synonyms: chermisino, ciliegiuolo, cremisi
  6. adjective
    (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed
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