Russet vs. Russeting

Russetnoun

A reddish-brown color.

Russetnoun

A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.

Russetnoun

A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.

Russetnoun

A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.

Russetadjective

Having a reddish-brown color.

Russetadjective

(archaic) Gray or ash-colored.

Russetadjective

Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.

Russetadjective

The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished.

Russetadjective

(botany) Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.

Russetverb

To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.

Russetadjective

Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.

Russetadjective

Coarse; homespun; rustic.

Russetnoun

A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

Russetnoun

Cloth or clothing of a russet color.

Russetnoun

A country dress; - so called because often of a russet color.

Russetnoun

An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.

Russetnoun

a reddish brown homespun fabric

Russetadjective

brown with a reddish tinge

Russetingnoun

Russet (a coarse reddish fabric).

Russetingnoun

Russet (a kind of apple).

Russetingnoun

Early season damage to citrus fruit caused by rust mites.

Russetingnoun

See Russet, n., 2 and 4.

Russeting

Russeting or russetting is an abnormality of fruit skin which manifests in russet-colored (brownish) patches that are rougher than healthy skin. It is a common feature in apples and pears.