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English meaning

  • ginger noun A knobbly, spicy-tasting root used fresh, dried, or ground as a cooking spice.
  • gules noun The color red in heraldry, as used on a coat of arms.
  • red adj Having the color of blood, ripe strawberries, or a stop light.
  • ruddy adjective Having a healthy reddish color, especially in the face.

Senses

rot is used for these senses in English:

  • ginger (of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown color.
  • gules (tincture) In blazon, of the colour red.
  • gules (tincture) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
  • red (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
  • red (countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
  • red (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
  • ruddy Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

ginger — full definition

  1. noun A knobbly, spicy-tasting root used fresh, dried, or ground as a cooking spice.
  2. noun A reddish-orange color, especially of hair.
  3. adj Having reddish-orange hair or fur.
  4. verb To liven something up or give it a boost of energy (often "ginger up").

gules — full definition

  1. noun The color red in heraldry, as used on a coat of arms.
  2. adjective Colored red, in the language of heraldry.
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