Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scarlet \Scar"let\, a.
   Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.

   {Scarlet admiral} (Zo["o]l.), the red admiral. See under
      {Red}. -- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus
      multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.

   {Scarlet fever} (Med.), a contagious febrile disease
      characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet
      rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in
      desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.

   {Scarlet fish} (Zo["o]l.), the telescope fish; -- so called
      from its red color. See under {Telescope}.

   {Scarlet ibis} (Zo["o]l.) See under {Ibis}.

   {Scarlet maple} (Bot.), the red maple. See {Maple}.

   {Scarlet mite} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss,
      especially {Thombidium holosericeum} and allied species.
      The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.

   {Scarlet oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus coccinea})
      of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color
      of its leaves in autumn.

   {Scarlet runner} (Bot.), the scarlet bean.

   {Scarlet tanager}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Tanager}.

Source : WordNet®

scarlet fever
     n : an acute communicable disease (usually in children)
         characterized by fever and a red rash [syn: {scarlatina}]