ochreous.

Having a yellowish or reddish earth color like ochre.

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• ochreous soil

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Ochreous soil stained their boots.

An ochreous wall glowed in the afternoon.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a color or relational classification; degree comparisons depend on descriptive context. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.