Cinnabar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A heavy reddish mercuric sulfide, HgS, that is the principal ore of mercury.
  • n. Red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.
  • n. See vermilion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
  • n. A bright red colour tinted with orange.
  • adj. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.
  • n. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Red Sulphid of mercury.
  • n. A red resinous juice obtained from an East Indian tree, Calamus Draco, formerly used as an astringent; dragon's-blood.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
  • n. large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
  • adj. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
  • Equivalent
    chromatic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mineral    arctiid moth    arctiid   
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    vermilion   
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