Canadian English Meaning of ochre

ochre

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Definitions and Meaning of ochre in English

Wordnet

ochre (n)

any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment

a moderate yellow-orange to orange color

Wordnet

ochre (s)

of a moderate orange-yellow color

Webster

ochre (n.)

A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors.

A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.

See Ocher.

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ochre

any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment, a moderate yellow-orange to orange color, of a moderate orange-yellow c

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ochraceous => ochre, ochotonidae => Pikas, ochotona princeps => American pika, ochotona collaris => Collared pika, ochotona => pika,