roucou
- another name for annatto
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Word Origin
C17: via French from Tupi urucú
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Historical Examples
Roucou is planted of a Kernel much after the same manner as the Cocao-Tree.
The Natural History of ChocolateD. de Quelus
This was a famous plant—Bixa orellana Roucou; and that pulp was the well-known annotto dye of commerce.
They paint themselves with the roucou, sweetly perfumed with hayawa or accaiari.
Wanderings in South AmericaCharles Waterton