Bixa

It is the seed of a bush, Bixa orellana, native to tropical America, and is much used in various cooked dishes from southern Mexico to northern South America.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

It is the seed of a bush, Bixa orellana, native to tropical America, and is much used in various cooked dishes from southern Mexico to northern South America.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

The cultivated plants are those of the coast, Hyperanthera Moringa, Bixa

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

The species grown for its dye is the _Bixa orellana_.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

A dye obtained from the pulp surrounding the seeds of the _Bixa orellana_; chiefly used in dyeing silk an orange colour, but is of a fugitive nature.

Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet

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) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880

The Munnipore emigrants are industrious settlers for a time, but never remain long in one place: their religion is Hindoo, and they keep up a considerable trade with their own country, whence they import a large breed of buffalos, ponies, silks, and cotton cloths dyed with arnotto (_Bixa_), and universally used for turbans.

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

This substance, which serves so many purposes in this part of the world, is the red powder which covers the seeds contained in the prickly bur of the _Bixa orellana_.

The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

_Bixa_, is the ancient name by which it was known to the Indians of

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850

A third remarkable tree (or bush) observed was the _Bixa orellana_, which yields the well-known _arnatto_ dye.

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850