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/sˈɪnəbˌɑr/ Listen

Cinnabar

noun

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

Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort. Synonyms: Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar moth.

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"Cinnabar" Quotes from Famous Books

... baal-samen; Camphire, Cham-phour, [Greek: kamphoura] of Greece; Opium, Ophion. The sweet reed of Egypt was named [47]Canah, and Conah, by way of eminence; also, [48]Can-Osiris. Cinnamon was denominated from Chan-Amon; Cinnabar, [Greek: kinnabaris], from Chan-Abor; the sacred beetle, Cantharus, from Chan-Athur. The harp was styled Cinnor, and was supposed to have been found out by Cinaras; which terms are compounded of Chan-Or, and Chan-Arez; and relate to the Sun, or Apollo, ...

— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) • Jacob Bryant

Words linked to "Cinnabar" : Callimorpha, quicksilver, chromatic, genus Callimorpha, vermilion, atomic number 80, arctiid moth, mercury, hg, hydrargyrum, arctiid, mineral