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annatto

/uh-nat-oh, uh-nah-toh/US // əˈnæt oʊ, əˈnɑ toʊ //UK // (əˈnætəʊ) //

红木,红酒,红葡萄酒,红豆

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural an·nat·tos.

    • : Also called lipstick tree . a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
    • : Also ar·nat·to [ahr-nat-oh, -nah-toh] /ɑrˈnæt oʊ, -ˈnɑ toʊ/ . a yellowish-red dye obtained from the pulp enclosing the seeds of this tree, used for coloring fabrics, butter, varnish, etc.

Examples

  • This may be colored with anything desired, like burnt sienna, annatto, or other coloring material.

  • Butter is often colored with annatto, saffron, turmeric, marigold or coal-tar colors.

  • If the milk was uncolored or colored with annatto the curd when thus treated will be white.

  • It appears from these experiments that much more is required to dissolve it out of commercial annatto.

  • Put four pounds of salt butter into a churn, with four quarts of new milk and a small portion of annatto.