Adjective: rufescent roo'fe-sunt
- Having a colour at the end of the colour spectrum (next to orange); resembling the colour of blood, cherries, tomatoes or rubies
"The rufescent leaves signaled the changing seasons";
- red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet, reddy
See also: chromatic
Encyclopedia: Rufescent