sanguineum
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Also known as: sanguineus, sanguinea
A colour epithet describing a deep, dark red the colour of blood, distinct from the brighter scarlet of coccineus, and the neuter form used where the genus is neuter. The colour may sit in the flowers, the young wood or the autumn leaves. Appears as sanguineus (masculine), sanguinea (feminine), or sanguineum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin sanguis/sanguinis, meaning "blood."
Example
“Ribes sanguineum (red flowering currant) and Geranium sanguineum (bloody crane's-bill) both take the neuter ending their genera require.”