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CINNABAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
Synonyms:
Callimorpha jacobeae; cinnabar; cinnabar moth
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cinnabar" is a kind of...):
arctiid; arctiid moth (stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars)
Holonyms ("cinnabar" is a member of...):
Callimorpha; genus Callimorpha (cinnabar moths)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cinnabar" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "cinnabar"):
atomic number 80; Hg; hydrargyrum; mercury; quicksilver (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
Synonyms:
Chinese-red; cinnabar; vermilion; vermillion
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
