annatto
/uh-nat-oh, uh-nah-toh/US // əˈnæt oʊ, əˈnɑ toʊ //UK // (əˈnætəʊ) //
红木,红酒,红葡萄酒,红豆
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural an·nat·tos.
- : Also called lipstick tree . a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- : Also ar·nat·to [ahr-nat-oh, -nah-toh] /ɑrˈnæt oʊ, -ˈnɑ toʊ/ . a yellowish-red dye obtained from the pulp enclosing the seeds of this tree, used for coloring fabrics, butter, varnish, etc.
Examples
This may be colored with anything desired, like burnt sienna, annatto, or other coloring material.
Butter is often colored with annatto, saffron, turmeric, marigold or coal-tar colors.
If the milk was uncolored or colored with annatto the curd when thus treated will be white.
It appears from these experiments that much more is required to dissolve it out of commercial annatto.
Put four pounds of salt butter into a churn, with four quarts of new milk and a small portion of annatto.
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