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別の表記

• anato, anatto, annotto
• arnatta, arnotta, arnotto (all archaic)

語源

From a Cariban language. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

発音

• IPA: /əˈnɑːtoʊ/
• 韻: -ɑːtəʊ
• ハイフネーション: an‧nat‧to

名詞

annatto (countable and uncountable, plural annattos)

1. (countable) A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
2. (uncountable) The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin.
3. (uncountable) A fugitive orange-red dye obtained from this seed and fruit pulp through maceration and fermentation, used as textile dye and skin dye, containing bixin.

同意語

• (shrub): achiote, lipstick tree, roucou
• (seed): achiote
• (dye): achiote, anatto, E160b when used as a food colouring

参考

• anatto