Meanings
plural annattos · alternative anato · alternative anatto · alternative annotto · alternative arnatta · alternative arnotta · alternative arnotto
- countableA tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
Synonyms: achiote, lipstick tree, roucou
- uncountableThe seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin.
- uncountableA fugitive orange-red dye obtained from this seed and fruit pulp through maceration and fermentation, used as textile dye and skin dye, containing bixin.
Synonyms: achiote, anatto, E160b when used as a food colouring
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
nounA fugitive orange-red dye obtained from this seed and fruit pulp through maceration and fermentation, used as textile dye and skin dye, containing bixin.
Origin
From a Cariban language.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan bixa, annato
- bixaplant Bixa orellana
- annatodye
- arxiotadye
Dutch koesoewé, orleaanboom
- koesoewéplant Bixa orellana
- orleaanboomplant Bixa orellana
Estonian annaato
- annaatodye
Finnish annatto, annatto
- annattoplant Bixa orellana
- annattodye
- annattoseed
- annatton siemenseed
French rocou, roucou
- rocouplant Bixa orellana
- roucouplant Bixa orellana
- rocouyerplant Bixa orellana
- rocoudye
- roucoudye
German Orlean, Annatto
- Orleandye
- Annattodye
Hungarian orleánfa
- orleánfaplant Bixa orellana
Italian annatto, oriana
- annattodye
- orianadye
Japanese 紅の木
- 紅の木 (beni no ki)plant Bixa orellana
Portuguese urucu, urucum
- urucuplant Bixa orellana
- urucumplant Bixa orellana
- urucuzeiroplant Bixa orellana
- urucueiroplant Bixa orellana
- achioteplant Bixa orellana
- urucudye
- urucumdye
- achiotedye
- coloraudye
- anatodye
- arnotodye
- anotodye
Russian анна́то, анна́то
- анна́то (annáto)plant Bixa orellana
- анна́то (annáto)seed
Spanish achiote, caituco
- achioteplant Bixa orellana
- caitucoplant Bixa orellana
- bijaplant Bixa orellana
- onotoplant Bixa orellana
- urucúplant Bixa orellana
- achiotedye
- caitucodye
- bijadye
- onotodye
- urucúdye
- orellanadye
- anotodye
Tagalog atsuwete
- atsuweteplant Bixa orellana
Tamil வருகமஞ்சள்
- வருகமஞ்சள் (varukamañcaḷ)plant Bixa orellana
Vietnamese hạt điều màu
- hạt điều màuseed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with annatto
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