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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of a moderate orange-yellow color [syn: ocher, ochre] n
1: any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment [syn: ocher, ochre]
2: a moderate yellow-orange to orange color [syn: ocher, ochre]

Merriam Webster's

noun see ocher

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (US ocher) 1 a mineral of clay and ferric oxide, used as a pigment varying from light yellow to brown or red. 2 a pale brownish yellow. Derivatives: ochreish adj. ochreous adj. ochrous adj. ochry adj. Etymology: ME f. OF ocre f. L ochra f. Gk okhra yellow ochre

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ocher O"cher, Ochre O"chre, n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr. ?, from (?) pale, pale yellow.] (Min.) (a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. (b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ochre O"chre, n. (Min.) See Ocher.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also ocher Something that is ochre is a yellowish orange colour. For our dining room I have chosen ochre yellow walls. COLOUR