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orpiment
panacea
cinnabarine
mineral
sulfur
elixir of life
mercuric sulfide
metacinnabar
pigment
vermilion
red
hypercinnabar
moth
mercury
minium
ore
mercury sulfide
patch
realgar
mercury poisoning
Definitions:
Noun
cinnabar
Definition: a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
cinnabar
cinnabar moth
Callimorpha jacobeae
Definition: large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
Definition: A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
Adjective
Definition: Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.