annatto
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 7
/əˈnɑːtoʊ/
Definition of annatto
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
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noun
- (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.
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Etymology
From a Cariban language.
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