annatto

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Συνώνυμα

achiote

lipstick-tree

lipstick tree

mahogany

redwood

rouge

vermilion

Bixa orellana

bixin

red sandal wood

cinnabar

Μεταφράσεις

achiote

orleaan

Orleansbaum

Orleanstrauch

Bixa

rocou

annotto

Annatto

anatto

roucouyer

rocouyer

Bixa orellana

albero dell’annatto

Bixa orellana

Bixa Orellana

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From a Cariban language.