sinople
Noun
A shade of red; sinoper.
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Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
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Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
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Vert (green).
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In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.
Espinosa (Spain and Flanders) : Argent, a tree terrassé sinople, accosted by two wolves affrontés, sable […]
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This shield argent with three lions sinople (green) has remained the coat of arms of the House of Lannoy. The young knight built a home in the woods around the seigneurie of Lys.
Word forms
sinoplescinoplesinopersinopresynopresynoparsynopeirsynapoursinapersynaper