English Explanatory Dictionary

annatto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/əˈnɑːtoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-annatto.wav

Word forms

annatto annattos anato anatto annotto arnatta arnotta arnotto

Etymology

From a Cariban language.

Synonyms

achiote lipstick tree roucou anatto E160b when used as a food colouring

Related words

anatto

Translations

Finnish: annatto Finnish: annatton siemen Khmer: គ្រាប់ដកគាំ Portuguese: urucu Portuguese: urucum Portuguese: achiote Russian: анна́то Spanish: achiote Spanish: caituco Spanish: bija Spanish: onoto Spanish: urucú Vietnamese: hạt điều màu
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on A Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary