[syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cerise \Ce*rise"\, a. [F., a cherry. See Cherry.]
Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile
fabrics, especially silk.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cerise
adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy,
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red,
crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
n 1: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry,
cherry red]