annatto

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

achiote

Bixa orellana

achiotillo

achote

anat.

anoto

bija

chaugerica

onato

onoto

rocu

urucu

Sinónimos

achiote

lipstick-tree

lipstick tree

mahogany

redwood

rouge

vermilion

Bixa orellana

bixin

red sandal wood

cinnabar

Etimología (Inglés)

From a Cariban language.