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Cinnabar

/ˈsɪ.nə.baː(ɹ)/

A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

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noun
  1. 1

    A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

  2. 2

    A bright red colour tinted with orange.

  3. 3

    A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.

  4. 4

    (in “Cinnabar Panacea”) The Elixir of Life.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

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