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ponceau (pon-SOH) - n., a vivid red to reddish-orange color. adj., having this color.
The color, specifically, of the corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas). Also, sometimes specifically, the generic name for a family of azo dyes, including a couple food coloring and histology stains. Name is from the French name for the corn poppy, origin uncertain but there's speculation that it might be a diminutive of paon (from Latin pāvōn-, stem of pāvō), peacock.
---L.
The color, specifically, of the corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas). Also, sometimes specifically, the generic name for a family of azo dyes, including a couple food coloring and histology stains. Name is from the French name for the corn poppy, origin uncertain but there's speculation that it might be a diminutive of paon (from Latin pāvōn-, stem of pāvō), peacock.
---L.
