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3.2.5.1 k-r Yellow; jaune

Anc.Greekkirrosorange yellow
Lat.cereusyellowish, bilious complexion
Lat.cerealiscereal (not from ker- "to grow"; to grow is not a characteristic of cereals but their yellow color is)
Lat.Ceres"goddess of the harvest" (secondary, like Saturn from sator "the sower")
Lat.cerumenear wax
Franç.: Sav.cerougnechélidoine (au latex jaune orangé)
Franç.cireuxhaving the yellowish aspect of wax
Franç.cirewax
Alb.shqerithe Slavs (the blond ones)
Anc.Greekkèrtèsyellow (wax)
Esp.cártamoa plant producing a yellow dye (no relation whatsoever with Arabic qurtum "to prune")
Lat.cretalime
Lat.Cretathe island of Crete
Frenchcraielime
Germ.kreîdelime
Germ.kridekreiBarn Owl, 238

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