carmine
adjective/ˈkɑːmaɪn/
/ˈkɑːrmaɪn/
(formal)- dark red in colourTopics Colours and Shapesc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French carmin, based on Arabic qirmiz; related to crimson.
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