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

Words nearby roucou

Rouault, Roubaix, Roubiliac, rouble, rouche, roucou, roué, Rouen, Rouen lilac, rougail, rouge

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How to use roucou in a sentence

This was a famous plant—Bixa orellana Roucou; and that pulp was the well-known annotto dye of commerce.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20)|Various
They paint themselves with the roucou, sweetly perfumed with hayawa or accaiari.
Wanderings in South America|Charles Waterton
Roucou is planted of a Kernel much after the same manner as the Cocao-Tree.
The Natural History of Chocolate|D. de Quelus