cinnabar
- Noun. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
- Noun. A bright red colour tinted with orange.
- Adjective. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
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