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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany]
2: a reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting sienna

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sienna Si*en"na, n. [It. terra di Siena, fr. Siena in Italy.] (Chem.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. Burnt sienna, sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire. Raw sienna, sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color.