'Cinnabar' definitions:

Definition of 'cinnabar'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red]
noun
A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
noun
Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort [syn: cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae]

Definition of 'Cinnabar'

From: GCIDE
  • Cinnabar \Cin"na*bar\, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ?; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[=a]r, Hind. shangarf.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. [1913 Webster]
  • Cinnabar Gr[ae]corum. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) Same as Dragon's blood.
  • Green cinnabar, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire.
  • Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster. [1913 Webster]

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