Look up: annatto

1. Annatto
   (Mexican) Small, dark red seed used by the Maya Indians to color and flavor food.
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2. annatto
   (Bixa orellana), tree native to the New World tropics and the only species of the family Bixaceae. Annatto grows up to 9 metres (30 feet) tall and ...
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3. Annatto
   Annatto is an orange-red colouring matter, obtained from the pulp surrounding the seeds of Bixa Orellana, a shrub native to tropical America, and cultivated in Guiana, St Domingo, and the East Indies. It was sometimes used as a dye for silk and cotton goods though it does not produce a very durable ...
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4. Annatto
   A colouring agent used to colour a great variety of cheeses ranging from English Cheddar to the French Maroilles. Annatto is a dye obtained from a South American plant.
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5. annatto
   A vegetable extract deriving from achiote seeds that is used to color a cheese red, yellow, or orange.
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6. Annatto
   A natural vegetable dye used to give many cheese varieties, especially the Cheddars, a yellow-orange hue. Annatto is odorless, tasteless and is not a preservative.
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7. Annatto
   `Annatto`, sometimes called `roucou`, is a derivative of the achiote trees of tropical regions of the Americas, used to produce a yellow to orange food coloring and also as a flavoring. Its scent is described as "slightly peppery with a hint of nutmeg" and flavor as "slightly s...
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