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N. & adj.
Scarlet fever an infectious bacterialfever, affecting esp. children, with a scarlet rash. scarlethat RC Ch. a cardinal's hat as a symbol of rank. scarletpimpernel a small annual wild plant, Anagallis arvensis, withsmall esp. scarlet flowers closing in rainy or cloudy weather:also called poor man's weather-glass. scarlet rash = ROSEOLA 1.scarlet runner 1 a runner bean.
A scarlet-flowered climberbearing this bean. scarlet woman derog. a notoriouslypromiscuous woman, a prostitute. [ME f. OF escarlate: ult.orig. unkn.]
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