hazel vs ochre

hazel

noun
  • A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut. 

  • The wood of a hazelnut tree. 

  • Freestone. 

  • The nut of the hazel tree. 

  • A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. 

adj
  • Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour) 

ochre

noun
  • A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour 

  • The stop codon sequence "UAA." 

  • Money, especially gold. 

  • Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites. 

  • An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide 

verb
  • To cover or tint with ochre. 

adj
  • Having a yellow-orange colour. 

  • Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre. 

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