CINNABAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cinnabar mean? 

• CINNABAR (noun)
  The noun CINNABAR has 2 senses:

1. a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury

2. large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort

  Familiarity information: CINNABAR used as a noun is rare.

• CINNABAR (adjective)
  The adjective CINNABAR has 1 sense:

1. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

  Familiarity information: CINNABAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CINNABAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cinnabar" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "cinnabar"):

atomic number 80; Hg; hydrargyrum; mercury; quicksilver (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Callimorpha jacobeae; cinnabar; cinnabar moth

Hypernyms ("cinnabar" is a kind of...):

arctiid; arctiid moth (stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars)

Holonyms ("cinnabar" is a member of...):

Callimorpha; genus Callimorpha (cinnabar moths)

• CINNABAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

Synonyms:

Chinese-red; cinnabar; vermilion; vermillion

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)