arnatto

[ ahr-nat-oh, -nah-toh ]

noun

, plural ar·nat·tos.

1. annatto ( def 2 ).

Example Sentences

These articles require to be first washed, and afterwards dyed of a different colour, in order to change and improve their appearance.—For a Buff or salmon colour, according to the depth of the hue, rub down on a pewter plate two pennyworth of Spanish arnatto, and then boil it in a pail of water a quarter of an hour.

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Put into a pint of alcohol, an ounce of turmeric powder, two drams of arnatto, and two drams of saffron.

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If the colours be wanted of a deeper cast, arnatto or dragon's blood may be added to the tincture.

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It is then “anoto,” sometimes written “arnatto,” sometimes “arnotto,” sometimes “onoto,” and sometimes “anato.”

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We shall see the giant “ceiba” tree, and the “zamang,” and the “caoba,” twined by huge parasites almost as thick as their own trunks, and looking as though they embraced but to crush them; the “juvia,” with its globe-shaped fruits as large as the human head; the “cow-tree,” with its abundant fountains of rich milk; the “seringa,” with its valuable gum—the caoutchouc of commerce; the “cinchona,” with its fever-killing bark; the curious “volador,” with its winged seeds; the wild indigo, and the arnatto.

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