roucou

/ ˈruːˌkuː /

noun

1. another name for annatto

Word History and Origins

Origin of roucou¹

C17: via French from Tupi urucú

Example Sentences

Achote is best known in France, under the Name of Roucou, and is a sort of Red which the Dyers and Painters make use of.

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Roucou is planted of a Kernel much after the same manner as the Cocao-Tree.

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The Water   being settled, they pour it off gently by degrees, they dry the Colour in the Shade that fell to the bottom of the Vessel; and this is the true Roucou, without any Mixture.

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This was a famous plant—Bixa orellana Roucou; and that pulp was the well-known annotto dye of commerce.

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In America the seeds are called achote or roucou.

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