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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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History and Etymology for feuille morte

French, literally, dead leaf

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