Thesaurus: cinnabar

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1. n. Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.
2. n. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion.
3. adj. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
4. n. a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
5. n. large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
6. 1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine. 2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. Cinnabar Græcorum (. Etym: [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.
7. Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals,and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.
8. n:100 n. a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury n. large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort