cinnabar

cin·na·bar  (sn-bär)

n.

1. A heavy reddish mercuric sulfide, HgS, that is the principal ore of mercury.

2. Red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.

3. See vermilion.

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[Middle English cinabare, from Latin cinnabaris, from Greek kinnabari.]

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cinna·barine (-bärn, -n, -b-rn) adj.

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cinnabar

Noun

1. a heavy red mineral containing mercury

2. a large red-and-black European moth [Greek kinnabari]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cinnabar - a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury atomic number 80, Hg, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver - a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
	2.	cinnabar - large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar moth arctiid, arctiid moth - stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars Callimorpha, genus Callimorpha - cinnabar moths
Adj.	1.	cinnabar - of a vivid red to reddish-orange color Chinese-red, vermilion, vermillion chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue