Usually means: Rusty, reddish-brown in color.
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  1. rubiginous: Merriam-Webster
  2. rubiginous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rubiginous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rubiginous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rubiginous: Wordnik
  6. rubiginous: Wiktionary
  7. rubiginous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. rubiginous: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. rubiginous: Dictionary.com
  10. Rubiginous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Rubiginous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. rubiginous: FreeDictionary.org
  13. rubiginous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. rubiginous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Rubiginous)

▸ adjective:  Alternative form of rubiginose [(botany, archaic) Having the appearance or colour of iron rust; rusty-looking.]

Similar:
rubiginose, furruginous, ferrugineous, ferruginated, rufoferruginous, rustlike, ferruginous, eruginous, rusty, russeted, more...

Opposite:
non-rusty, clean, polished, shiny, gleaming

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Similar:
rubiginose, furruginous, ferrugineous, ferruginated, rufoferruginous, rustlike, ferruginous, eruginous, rusty, russeted, more...

Opposite:
non-rusty, clean, polished, shiny, gleaming



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