Overview of noun cinnabar

The noun cinnabar has 2 senses

• cinnabar -- (a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury)


• cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae -- (large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort)

Overview of adj cinnabar

The adj cinnabar has 1 sense

• vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red -- (of a vivid red to reddish-orange color)