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Rarecinnabar
The correct spelling is cinnabar.
How to pronounce cinnabar
noun
IPA: /ˈsɪ.nə.baː(ɹ)/
Say it like: Sin-nab-ar
The correct spelling is cinnabar. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
- 2.A bright red colour tinted with orange.
- 3.A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
- 4.(in “Cinnabar Panacea”) The Elixir of Life.
adjective
- 1.Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
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