scarlet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scarlet/ˈskɑːlət/
▶noun a brilliant red colour.
– origin ME (orig. denoting brightly coloured cloth): shortening of OFr. escarlate, from med. L. scarlata, via Arab. and med. Gk from late L. sigillatus ‘decorated with small images’, from sigillum ‘small image’.
'scarlet' also found in these Oxford entries:
bottlebrush
- cardinal
- cardinal flower
- chokeberry
- clianthus
- cochineal
- flamingo
- jewelfish
- lobelia
- lucky bean
- ocotillo
- oriflamme
- parchment
- pheasant's eye
- pimpernel
- poinsettia
- purple
- runner bean
- scarlatina
- scarlet fever
- scarlet runner
- scarlet woman
- streptococcus
- tiger
- Turkey red
- wineberry
