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sienna


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sienna  \Si*en"na\,  n.  [It.  terra  di  Siena,  fr  Siena  in  Italy.] 
  (Chem.) 
  Clay  that  is  colored  red  or  brown  by  the  oxides  of  iron  or 
  manganese,  and  used  as  a  pigment.  It  is  used  either  in  the 
  raw  state  or  burnt. 
 
  {Burnt  sienna},  sienna  made  of  a  much  redder  color  by  the 
  action  of  fire. 
 
  {Raw  sienna},  sienna  in  its  natural  state,  of  a  transparent 
  yellowish  brown  color. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sienna 
  n  :  an  earth  color  containing  ferric  oxides;  used  as  a  pigment 




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