Plural of claro; light-colored premium cigars with a pale wrapper, or plain-woven fabrics without pattern.
Spanish claro meaning 'clear' or 'light,' used in English since the 18th century for light-colored cigars and later for certain textiles.
The cigar industry has its own elaborate color classification system—claro, colorado, maduro—that borrowed Spanish terms. This vocabulary became so specialized that only true aficionados know the exact shade distinctions.
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