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onoto
Cariban · pre-1500s
"a red dye-producing seed"
named the red dye extracted from the seeds of a tropical shrub
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annatto
Spanish · 1600s
"a red dye made from tropical shrub seeds"
adopted by Spanish colonists across the Caribbean and South America
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annatto
English · 1670s
"a natural orange-red food coloring and seasoning"
borrowed into English through colonial trade accounts
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