cinnabar
noun
- mercuric sulfide, HgS, a heavy, bright-red mineral, the principal ore of mercury
- artificial mercuric sulfide, used as a red pigment
- brilliant red; vermilion
See cinnabar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(sĭnˈə-bärˌ)
noun- A heavy reddish mercuric sulfide, HgS, that is the principal ore of mercury.
- Red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.
- See vermilion.
Related Forms:
- cinˌna·barˈine (-bärˈĭn, -īn, -bə-rīnˌ) adjective
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