miniatous

English

Etymology

From Latin miniatus, suffixed with -ous.

Adjective

miniatous (not comparable)

1. (formal) Orange-red, the colour of red lead.
   • 1865, The Journal of the Linnean Society (Page 480):

     Elytra miniatous, with a large somewhat triangular black spot on their disk, […]

   • 1949, North American Flora - Volumes 1-10:

     […] surface smooth, glabrous, slightly viscid, hygrophanous, miniatous when young, becoming testaceous at the center and […]

   • 1963, L.R. Hesler, North American Species of Hygrohorus:

     Pileus purplish red; lamellae pale buff becoming miniatous on drying, broad in front, narrow behind, distant, equal.