[ruhs-it] 
| 1. | yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown. |
| 2. | a coarse reddish-brown or brownish homespun cloth formerly used for clothing. |
| 3. | any of various apples that have a rough brownish skin and ripen in the autumn. |
| 4. | a brownish, roughened area on fruit, resulting from diseases, insects, or spraying. |
| 5. | russet Burbank. |
| 6. | finished leather that is not yet polished or colored. |
| 7. | yellowish-brown, light-brown, or reddish-brown. |
| 8. | made of russet. |
| rus·set (rŭs'ĭt) n.
[Middle English, from Old French rousset, from rous, red, from Latin russus; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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