ochraceous, a.
(əʊˈkreɪʃəs)
[f. L. ōchra ochre + -aceous. Cf. mod.L. ōchrāceus, mod.F. ochracé (Littré).]
1. Of the nature of ochre; = ochreous 1.
| 1776 Phil. Trans. LXVI. 524 Whole banks of ocraceous minerals. 1789 Mills ibid. LXXX. 96 A vein of blue shistus..not far from which is an ochraceous earth, and much bog iron ore. 1869 Phillips Vesuv. iv. 135 The deposit is covered by gray cellular lava, with a rough ochraceous, slaggy base. |
2. Of the colour of ochre; = ochreous 2.
| 1776 Pennant Zool. II. 570 The head and neck cinereous, mixed with ochraceous yellow. 1874 Cooke Fungi (1875) 117 Fungi exhibit an almost endless variety of colour, from white through ochraceous to all tints of brown, until nearly black. 1876 Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xviii. 339 These sands, however, are not uniformly green, but partake of ochraceous and yellow tints. |