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BIXA ORELLANA

\bˈɪksəɹ ɔːlˈɑːnə], \bˈɪksəɹ ɔːlˈɑːnə], \b_ˈɪ_k_s_ə_ɹ ɔː_l_ˈɑː_n_ə]\

Definitions of BIXA ORELLANA

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The annotto tree, growing in South America, Mexico, the West Indies, the East Indies, Ceylon, and Senegal, the seeds of which yield arnotto, an orange-red dye.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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