Sekirov Dictionary

cinnabar

UK /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑː(ɹ)/US /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/

noun 4
adjective 1
forms 3

noun4

A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
A bright red colour tinted with orange.
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A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
- There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies. — 2015
Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).

adjective1

Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

forms

cinnabars · more cinnabar · most cinnabar

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