# annatto

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈnɑːtoʊ/

## Definitions
1. A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
2. The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin.
3. A fugitive orange-red dye obtained from this seed and fruit pulp through maceration and fermentation, used as textile dye and skin dye, containing bixin.

## Etymology
From a Cariban language.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/annatto