anatto

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a·nat·to

(ə-nä′tō)

Variant of annatto.

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anatto

(əˈnætəʊ) or

anatta

n, pl -tos

(Plants) a variant spelling of annatto

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The Custom-House marker imprinted it, with a stencil and black paint, on pepper-bags, and baskets of anatto, and cigar-boxes, and bales of all kinds of dutiable merchandise, in testimony that these commodities had paid the impost, and gone regularly through the office.

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Curdled, stirred, drained and bathed in brine, the crust has a touch of anatto to give it a distinctive orange tint.

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annatto; arnatto; anatto (all the same color--a yellowish red or a reddish yellow, depending on the dictionary)