Definition of russet
1 : coarse homespun usually reddish-brown cloth
2 : a reddish brown
3 : any of various apples having rough russet-colored skins
4 : a usually large elongated potato especially suited for baking
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This sturdy perennial has clumping foliage and large, platelike flower clusters that start pink, then gracefully age to rosy russet-red in the fall.
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Try This:Thinly slice and grill potatoes for your next BBQ or bake whole russet potatoes and use them as a taco shell replacement by loading up on ground turkey, beans, avocado, salsa and sautéed summer veggies.
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Then draw a route through more than 10,000 years of history, covering Neolithic ruins, Biblical sites, one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, and russet landscapes that wouldn't look out of place on Mars.
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Here, geology is a natural form of art that shows off its dazzling skills in swirls of sandstone painted in russet palettes on rocks.
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Regina appears first in evening black, with just enough bosom showing, then in bold satins, russet and forest green.
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Much of the fabric was the very mix of russet browns, moss greens, and golds of the landscape outside the window, giving the impression of a kind of inevitability to the colors, the way Campari feels at home on the Italian coast.
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Origin and Etymology of russet
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from russet, adjective, russet, from rus, rous red, from Latin russus; akin to Latin ruber red — more at red
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Definition of russet
: of the color russet
First Known Use of russet
15th century
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