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SIENNA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sienna mean?
• SIENNA (noun)
The noun SIENNA has 1 sense:
1. an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
Familiarity information: SIENNA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("sienna" is a kind of...):
earth color (a colored mineral used as a pigment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sienna"):
burnt sienna (a reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting sienna)
raw sienna (a yellowish-brown pigment made from untreated sienna)
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