cinnabar

/ˈsɪ.nə.baː(ɹ)/ · noun

Meaning

A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
A bright red colour tinted with orange.
A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
(in “Cinnabar Panacea”) The Elixir of Life.
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

cinnabar moth(English)callimorpha jacobeae(English)cinnamon(English)vermilion(English)mercuric sulfide(English)hepatic cinnabar(English)mercury sulfide(English)minium(English)realgar(English)orpiment(English)stibnite(English)marcasite(English)

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Sources

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