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noun • A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree. • The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking. • An orange-red dye obtained from this seed. | ||||||||
| 35% | 5 | From the Latin for “a wan or yellow colour”, word originally meaning pale and dismal, but now unpleasantly bright in colour, garish, loud or vivid | ||||||
adjective satellite • horrible in fierceness or savagery • glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism • shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke • ghastly pale | ||||||||
| 31% | 7 | Name is sometimes associated with the colour red | ||||||
noun • the brightest star in Scorpius | ||||||||
Bright Colour Not A Tan For A Change Crossword Clue
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ANNATTO which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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ANNATTO
Updated: October 14, 2023
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