castaneous
English
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin castanea (“a chestnut, a chestnut tree”) + -ous (“full, full of”).
Adjective
castaneous (comparative more castaneous, superlative most castaneous)
- Having the colour of a chestnut; chestnut-coloured.
- 1827, John Curtis, British Entomology:
- Elytra piceous, gradually shaded into a castaneous margin, irregularly and minutely punctured, covered with ochraceous pubescence.