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CINNABAR
vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red
(adjective) of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae
(noun) large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
cinnabar
(noun) a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cinnabar (countable and uncountable, plural cinnabars)
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
Synonym: æthiops mineral (obsolete)
A bright red colour tinted with orange.
(countable) A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
Synonym: cinnabar moth
(in “Cinnabar Panacea”) The Elixir of Life.
Adjective
cinnabar (comparative more cinnabar, superlative most cinnabar)
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
Source: Wiktionary
Cin"na*bar, n. Etym: [L. cinnabaris, Gr. qinbar, Hind. shangarf.]
1. (Min.)
Definition: Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.
2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. Cinnabar Græcorum (. Etym: [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) Same as Dragon's blood.
– Green cinnabar, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire.
– Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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