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luteous

[ loo-tee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. (of yellow) having a light to medium greenish tinge.


luteous

/ ˈːɪə /

adjective

  1. of a light to moderate greenish-yellow colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of luteous1

1650–60; < Latin ūٱܲ golden-yellow, equivalent to ū ( um ) yellowweed + -eus -eous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of luteous1

C17: from Latin ūٱܲ yellow
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Example Sentences

The gong sounded upon the luteous air of the evening; and Pauline, with her arm closely tucked into her mother's arm, walked with her across the lawn towards the house.

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The club is distinct from the stem, smooth, compressed, generally with a groove on one side; luteous, often becoming brown at the tip or apex.

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The stem is equal or slightly enlarged above, stuffed, luteous, minutely scaly.

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Flavo-testaceous: light yellow-brown: almost luteous.

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Head gilded; mystax with numerous gilded bristles; mouth lanceolate, very stout; antennæ reddish, third joint long, lanceolate, abruptly acuminated at the tip; thorax with three very broad blackish stripes; disk of the pectus black; abdomen with the segments darker towards the base, underside black towards the tip; legs reddish, stout; tarsi with black bands beneath; wings somewhat luteous, with a large blackish patch on the hind border near the base, and with a very broad blackish band near the tip; halteres testaceous.

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