Meaning

• Noun

  1. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
  2. (obsolete) A red spinel.
  3. A deep red colour.
  4. The tincture red or gules.
  5. The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
  6. A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
  7. A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.

• Adj
• Verb