Definition of Cinnabar

Adjective: cinnabar  'si-nu,baa(r)

1. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange colour
   - vermilion, vermillion, Chinese-red

1. A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulphide; the chief source of mercury
    
2. Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
   - cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae

See also:
cingulum
cinnabarine

Anagrams containing the word cinnabar

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