Found 2 items, similar to Cinnabar.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cinnabar cinnabar adj : of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: vermilion, vermillion, Chinese-red] cinnabar n 1: a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury 2: large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort [syn: cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cinnabar Cinnabar \Cin"na*bar\, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ?; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[=a]r, Hind. shangarf.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine. [1913 Webster] 2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. [1913 Webster] Cinnabar Gr[ae]corum. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) Same as Dragon's blood. Green cinnabar, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster. [1913 Webster]