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Adjective: cinnabar 'sinu`baa(r)- Of a vivid red to reddish-orange colour
- vermilion, vermillion, Chinese-red
Noun: cinnabar 'sinu`baa(r)- A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulphide; the chief source of mercury
- Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
- cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae
Derived forms: cinnabars See also: chromatic Type of: arctiid, arctiid moth, mineral Part of: Callimorpha, genus Callimorpha Encyclopedia: Cinnabar |