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tricolor

tri·co·lor

uncommon us
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

having or involving three colors

  • “trichromatic vision”
  • “a trichromatic printing process”
  • “trichromatic staining is the staining of tissue samples differentially in three colors”
  • “tricolor plumage”
  • “a tricolor process in photography”
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noun

1.

a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)

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From tri- + color.

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