annatto
Meaning
- (countable) A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
- (uncountable) The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin.
- (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.
Synonyms
Translations
achiote
orleaan
Orleansbaum Orleanstrauch Bixa rocou annotto Annatto anatto
roucouyer rocouyer
Bixa orellana
albero dell’annatto Bixa orellana Bixa OrellanaEtymology
From a Cariban language.
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