Annotta

ANNOT'TA, n. Orlean, or roucou; a hard dry paste, consisting of the pellicles of the See ds of the bixa orellana, a shrub growing in S. America and the W. Indies. It is moderately hard, of a brown color on the outside, and a dull red within. It is used in dyeing to give an orange cast to a simple yellow. It is used also in coloring cheese. [See Anotta.]