Entry: cerise (adj.)
In context: "...at the touch of a cerise desktop button."
Definition: Name of a light bright clear red, resembling that of some cherries.
Other: Ah, my grade-school French made this one pretty easy:
Etymology: < French cerise cherry, rouge-cerise cherry-red.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 513
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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