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Definition of Cinnabar

1. Adjective. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.

2. Noun. A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury.

3. Noun. Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort.

Definition of Cinnabar

1. n. Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.

Definition of Cinnabar

1. Noun. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion. ¹

2. Noun. A bright red colour tinted with orange. ¹

3. Adjective. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cinnabar

1. the principal ore of mercury [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinnabar

cingulate gyri cingulate gyruses cingulate herniation cingulate sulcus cingulectomy cingulin cingulotomies cingulotomy cingulum cingulum dentis

cingulum membri inferioris cingulum membri superioris cingulum of tooth cingulum rest cinnabar (current term) cinnabar chanterelle cinnabar moth cinnabarinate synthase cinnabarine cinnabars

cinnamaldehyde cinnamate cinnamates cinnamein cinnamene cinnamenes cinnamic cinnamic acid

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