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Monchee (United States of America)
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  1. crimson
    a deep and vivid red color
  2. claret
    dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
  3. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  4. carotene
    yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants
  5. kumquat
    a small oval citrus fruit with a thin sweet rind
  6. cinnabar
    a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide
  7. calendula
    any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes
  8. chartreuse
    of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur
  9. citrine
    semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
  10. verdure
    green foliage
  11. avocado
    a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin
  12. jasper
    a semiprecious gemstone that is often red
  13. cerulean
    bright blue in color, like a clear sky
  14. azure
    bright blue in color, like a clear sky
  15. indigo
    deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
  16. cattleya
    any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
  17. aubergine
    a plant that grows edible, dark-purple fruit
  18. violet
    a bluish-purple color
  19. alabaster
    a fine-textured white gypsum used for carving
  20. ecru
    a very light brown
  21. cerise
    of the color between orange and purple in the color spectrum
  22. periwinkle
    small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
  23. verdigris
    a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze
  24. saffron
    crocus with pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
  25. bisque
    a thick, creamy soup made from shellfish
  26. persimmon
    any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
Created on Thu Nov 28 04:20:07 EST 2013

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