blusher
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blusher (countable and uncountable, plural blushers)
- (countable) One who blushes.
- (countable, uncountable) Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 9, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- Beside him Lady Partridge, her head tilted up, her face a mask of blusher and brown powder, like someone just back from a skiing holiday, was also clearly elsewhere.
- (countable) Any of several closely related, edible species of the genus Amanita, including Amanita rubescens and Amanita novinupta.
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face makeup — see blush
certain Amanita species
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