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Cinnabar - What does it mean?

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cinnabar

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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.
  • * (English Citations of "cinnabar")

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
  • Derived terms

    * cinnabar moth * hypercinnabar * metacinnabar

    See also

    * * mercury

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.