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az•ure

Pronunciation: (azh'ur), [key]
—adj.
1. of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.
2. Heraldry.of the tincture or color blue.

—n.
1. the blue of a clear or unclouded sky.
2. a light, purplish blue.
3. Heraldry.the tincture or color blue.
4. the clear, cloudless sky.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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