russet
noun
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
russety
-
a word derived from
russet.
Example Sentences
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Fruit small, irregularly round; Skin rather rough, dull russet over a yellow ground, with a russety red cheek; Flesh yellow, of fine texture, with a rich sub-acid flavor.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
The coating of russet, or the russety patches, spread over the greater part of the fruit, are very conspicuous.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
Basin wide, regular, russety; Eye large, open; Segments reflexed.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
Hunt's Tawny.—Very fine and early; a great bearer; tree hardy; color, pale-orange, with a dark-red cheek, with many russety specks.
From Soil Culture by J. H. Walden
But this elegance does not last long: grown big and strong, the bumblebee fly's grub becomes soiled with sanies, turns a russety brown and crawls about in the guise of a hulking porcupine.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
