achiote
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish achiote, from Classical Nahuatl āchiyōtl.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
achiote (countable and uncountable, plural achiotes)
- A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree.
- The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
- An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.
SynonymsEdit
- annatto
- E160b (when used as a food colouring)
TranslationsEdit
Bixa orellana — see annatto
seed — see annatto
dye — see annatto
AnagramsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
achiote m (plural achiotes)
- achiote (Bixa orellana, a tropical American evergreen shrub)
- Synonyms: urucu, urucum, urucuzeiro, urucueiro
- achiote (seed of the achiote shrub)
- achiote (orange-red dye obtained from achiote seeds)
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- achuete (Philippines)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āchiyōtl.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
achiote m (plural achiotes)
- (Latin America) achiote (Bixa orellana, a tropical American evergreen shrub)
- (Latin America) achiote (seed of the achiote shrub)
- (Latin America) achiote (orange-red dye obtained from achiote seeds)
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “achiote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014