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noundomain: food

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a digestible substance used to give color to food

Examples

Derivationally related form

verb

add color to

Hyponym

noun

a synthetic lemon yellow azo dye primarily used as a food coloring.

noun

a natural xanthophyll pigment with an orange color found in a variety of plants including pansies.

noun

an organoiodine compound, specifically a derivative of fluorone.

noun

a red glucosidal hydroxyanthrapurin that occurs naturally in some scale insects, such as the cochineal, Armenian cochineal, and Polish cochineal.

noun

a dark red to purple azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics.