The Collaborative International Dictionary
Luteous
Luteous \Lu"te*ous\, a. [L. luteus, fr. lutum dyer's broom, weld, which is used as a yellow dye.] Yellowish; more or less like buff.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
luteous
"orange-yellow," 1650s, from Latin luteus "golden-yellow, orange-yellow," from lutum, the name of a plant used in dying yellow, of unknown origin.
Wiktionary
luteous
a. 1 yellowish 2 Of or pertaining to mud.
Usage examples of "luteous".
He could find nothing in the cornea, nothing in the sclera, nothing in the iris, nothing in the retina, nothing in the lens of the eye, nothing in the luteous macula, nothing in the optic nerve, nothing elsewhere.
Black-trunked knarry trees twisted out of rocks, then sprouted leaves more gold than green and the air was filled with a luteous haze.