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Annatto

//əˈnɑːtoʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree. countable
  2. 2
    The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin. uncountable
  3. 3
    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. uncountable

Etymology

From a Cariban language.

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