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Meaning of carmine

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carmine

noun

Definitions

  1. A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.

  2. A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.