miniaceous, a.
(mɪnɪˈeɪʃəs)
[f. L. miniāce-us, f. minium native cinnabar, also red-lead: see -aceous.]
Of a cinnabar-red colour. = miniate a.
| 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 313/1 Miniaceous colour, a scarlet, or vermilion colour. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 643 Cortex miniaceous within. |