annatto

English

Ingredients for achiote paste. Annatto is the red-orange powder.

Noun

annatto (countable and uncountable; plural annattos)

Wikipedia

1. (countable) A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree.
2. (uncountable) The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
3. (uncountable) An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.

Translations

a tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana

• Hungarian: orleánfa (hu)
• Spanish: achiote m, caituco m (Northeastern Venezuela), bija f (Cuba, Dominican Republic), onoto m (Venezuelan standard usage), urucú m (Eastern Bolivia, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay)

the seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking

• Spanish: achiote m, caituco m (Northeastern Venezuela), bija f (Cuba, Dominican Republic), onoto m (Venezuelan standard usage), urucú m (Eastern Bolivia, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay)

• Vietnamese: hạt điều màu (vi)

an orange-red dye obtained from this seed

• Estonian: annaato (et)
• Spanish: achiote m, caituco m (Northeastern Venezuela), bija f (Cuba, Dominican Republic), onoto m (Venezuelan standard usage), urucú m (Eastern Bolivia, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: annatto m

Synonyms

• achiote
• E160b when used as a food colouring

References

• Annatto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• anatto

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Italian

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Noun

annatto

1. annatto

Anagrams

• annotta, tonnata