roucou
/ (ˈruːˌkuː) /
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noun
another name for annatto
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Word Origin for roucou
C17: via French from Tupi urucú
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Example sentences from the Web for roucou
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 America|Charles WatertonRoucou is planted of a Kernel much after the same manner as the Cocao-Tree.
The Natural History of Chocolate|D. de Quelus