|  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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