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Yellowish red dye
Answer for the clue "Yellowish red dye ", 7 letters:
annatto
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Word definitions for annatto in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Annotto \An*not"to\ ([a^]n*n[o^]t"t[-o]), Arnotto \Ar*not"to\ ([aum]r*n[o^]t"t[-o]), n. [Perh. the native name.] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree ( Bixa orellana ) belonging to the tropical regions ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) A tropical American evergreen shrub, ''Bixa orellana''; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree. 2 (context uncountable English) The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking. 3 (context uncountable ...
Usage examples of annatto.
She had lovely hands, Jill thought, slender and graceful, with long fingernails that had been stained a tasteful orange-red with annatto seeds and polished to such a glossy perfection that Jill found herself hiding her own calloused fingers and bitten nails in her lap.