feuille morte
noun
\-mȯrt\
Definition of feuille morte
: a brownish orange that is deeper and slightly redder than leather, yellower and deeper than spice, and yellower and deeper than gold pheasant —called also autumn leaf, dead leaf, foliage brown, leather lake, oakleaf brown, philamot, withered leaf
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Origin and Etymology of feuille morte
French, literally, dead leaf
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