cinnabar

English Thesaurus

1. large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arctiid, arctiid moth,
definition	:	stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	callimorpha, genus callimorpha,
definition	:	cinnabar moths (noun.animal)

2. a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	mineral,
definition	:	solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (noun.substance)

substance holonym	:	atomic number 80, hg, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver,
definition	:	a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures (noun.substance)

3. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color (adj.all)

similar	:	chromatic,
definition	:	being or having or characterized by hue (adj.all)

derivation	:	orange red, scarlet, vermilion,
definition	:	a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	orange red, scarlet, vermilion,
definition	:	a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge (noun.attribute)