murrey

[Middle English murrei, from Old French more, from Latin mōrum, mulberry, blackberry.]

For the English cricketer, see Barbara Murrey.

In heraldry, murrey is a "stain", a rarely used tincture, supposedly the colour of mulberries, somewhere between gules (red) and purpure (violet), an almost maroonish colour.^[1]

References

1. ^ Heraldic dictionary at Flags of the World. Accessed 14 July 2009.

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