Cinnabar - Definition

adj 1: of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: vermilion,
vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red]
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, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae]