Definitions for annatto

annatto an·nat·to

Spelling: [uh-nat-oh, uh-nah-toh]
IPA: /əˈnæt oʊ, əˈnɑ toʊ/

Annatto is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in annatto (aannott).

Definitions for annatto

noun

  1. Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
  2. Also, arnatto. a yellowish-red dye obtained from the pulp enclosing the seeds of this tree, used for coloring fabrics, butter, varnish, etc.

Origin of annatto

Borrowed into English from Carib around 1675-85

Examples for annatto

This may be colored with anything desired, like burnt sienna, annatto, or other coloring material.

These are then separately treated with water and pressed, the result being a turmeric water and an annatto water.

Cheese, annatto, bole (Armenian), and other colouring matters.

If annatto is present, there will be a reddish-yellow stain on the paper.

A quantity of turmeric roots and annatto seeds are pounded separately in mortars until they are reduced to a very fine state.

annatto is sometimes added to milk to increase its richness of color.

Yellow: Yellow straw is produced in the same manner, using turmeric and annatto only.

The colour given by annatto approaches very nearly the natural colouring matter of milk fat.

If the milk was uncolored or colored with annatto the curd when thus treated will be white.

Butter is often colored with annatto, saffron, turmeric, marigold or coal-tar colors.

Word Value for annatto
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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