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Definition of: cinnabar
(sin′ə·bär) noun
1. A crystallized red mercuric sulfide, HgS, the chief ore of mercury.
2. A mixture formed by subliming mercury and sulfur, known as artificial cinnabar: used as a pigment, called vermilion. [<L cinnabaris <Gk. kinnabari, ult. <Persian zinifrah]
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