| ADJECTIVE | all | cinnabar, vermilion, vermillion, Chinese-red | of a vivid red to reddish-orange color |
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| NOUN | substance | cinnabar | a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide |
| animal | cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae | large red-and-black European moth |
| Sounds | sih'nahbaa.r | |
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| Rhymes | Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar... | |
| Meaning | Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color. | |
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| Synonyms | vermilion, vermillion, Chinese-red | |
| Broader | chromatic | Being or having or characterized by hue |
| Spanish | bermejo | |
| Meaning | A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury. | |
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| Broader | mineral | Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
| Substances | mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80 | A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element |
| Spanish | cinabrio | |
| Catalan | cinabri | |
| Meaning | large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort. | |
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| Synonyms | cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae | |
| Member of | Callimorpha, genus Callimorpha | cinnabar moths |
| Broader | arctiid, arctiid moth | stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings |
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