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Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.

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  1. n. Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.
  2. n. an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
  3. Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. Burnt sienna, sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire. -- Raw sienna, sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color.
  4. Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron ormanganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw stateor burnt. Burnt sienna, sienna made of a much redder color by theaction of fire.-- Raw sienna, sienna in its natural state, of a transparentyellowish brown color.
  5. n:100 n. an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment