adj
Meaning 1
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
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adj
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
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noun
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: æthiops mineral
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noun
A bright red colour tinted with orange.
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noun
A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
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Usage: countable
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Synonyms: cinnabar moth
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noun
Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: dragon's blood
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adjective satellite
of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vermilion, vermillion, Chinese-red
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noun
large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
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Synonyms: cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae
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Broader terms: arctiid, arctiid moth
noun
a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
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Broader terms: mineral
History
First attested in the mid-15th century. From Middle English cynabare, from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari), of unknown origin.
Across languages
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