annatto

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable) A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
2. (uncountable) The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin.
3. (uncountable) A fugitive orange-red dye obtained from this seed and fruit pulp through maceration and fermentation, used as textile dye and skin dye, containing bixin.

Conceptes

annato

Sinònims

achiote

lipstick-tree

lipstick tree

mahogany

redwood

rouge

vermilion

Bixa orellana

bixin

red sandal wood

cinnabar

Traduccions

achiote

anatto

orleaan

annotto

rocou

Orleansbaum

Orleanstrauch

Annatto

Bixa

rocouyer

roucouyer

Bixa orellana

achiote

albero dell’annatto

Bixa orellana

Etimologia (Anglès)

From a Cariban language.