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roucou noun
- another name for annatto
Word Origin for roucou C17: via French from Tupi urucú Examples from the Web for roucou Historical Examples of roucou
Roucou is planted of a Kernel much after the same manner as the Cocao-Tree.
The Natural History of Chocolate
D. de Quelus
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)
Various
They paint themselves with the roucou, sweetly perfumed with hayawa or accaiari.
Charles Waterton
