annatto

Signification (Anglais)

  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.

Concepts

rocouyer

roucouyer

Bixa orellana

Traductions

Bixa

rocou

orleaan

annotto

anatto

Orleansbaum

Annatto

Orleanstrauch

Bixa orellana

Bixa Orellana

Annattobaum

achiote

albero dell’annatto

Bixa orellana

Étymologie (Anglais)

From a Cariban language.

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