rubricosus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rŭbrīcōsus, a, um, adj. [rubrica],

full of ruddle or red-ochre : ager, Cato R. R. 34, 2: terra, id. ib. 34, 128: solum, Col. 4, 33, 1; Plin. 18, 17, 46, § 163.