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cinereous definition

ci·nere·ous (sə nir′ē əs)

adjective

  1. of or like ashes
  2. of the color of ashes; ash-gray

Etymology: L cinerosus < cinis: see cinerin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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