cinnabar 
1. a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury • Hypernyms: mineral • Substance Meronyms: mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80 2. large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort • Syn: cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae • Hypernyms: arctiid, arctiid moth • Member Holonyms: Callimorpha, genus Callimorpha
of a vivid red to reddish-orange color • Syn: vermilion, vermillion, Chinese-red • Similar to: chromatic • Derivationally related forms: vermilion (for: vermilion)
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