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cinnabar   (TTS Sound)

The noun cinnabar has 2 senses

• cinnabar -- (a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury)


• cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae -- (large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort)

The adj cinnabar has 1 sense

• vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red -- (of a vivid red to reddish-orange color)