coppery

Adjective

(comparative more coppery, superlative most coppery)

Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.

Origin

copper +‎ -y

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It is a dark blue powder with a marked coppery lustre.
Mimulus cupreus: half-hardy, 6 in., coppery red, varying considerably.
Heterophylla, coppery orange; M.
Cupreus, 8 to io in., is bright coppery-red.
Beautiful varieties have been introduced under the varietal names, ampelopsifolium, atropurpureum, dissectum, &c. They are remarkable for the coppery purple tint that pervades the leaves and young growths of some of the varieties.

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