Annatto

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  • noun. A tropical American evergreen shrub or small tree (Bixa orellana), having heart-shaped leaves and showy, rose-pink or sometimes white flowers.
  • noun. The seed of this plant, used as a coloring and sometimes as a flavoring, especially in Latin American cuisine.
  • noun. A yellowish-red dyestuff obtained from the arils of this plant's seeds, used especially to dye fabric and to color food products such as margarine and cheese.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as arnotto.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree.
  • noun. The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
  • noun. An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.
  • Word Usage
    "Best known as annatto, it's an inexpensive food coloring, grown commercially around the world, that gives products like Kraft Macaroni & Cheese an orange hue."
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