roucou
/ (ˈruːˌkuː) /
noun
another name for annatto
Word Origin for roucou
C17: via French from Tupi
urucú
Words nearby roucou
rouault,
roubaix,
roubiliac,
rouble,
rouche,
roucou,
rouen,
rouen lilac,
rougail,
rouge,
rouge croix
Example sentences from the Web for roucou
They paint themselves with the roucou, sweetly perfumed with hayawa or accaiari.
Wanderings in South America |Charles WatertonThis was a famous plant—Bixa orellana Roucou; and that pulp was the well-known annotto dye of commerce.
Roucou is planted of a Kernel much after the same manner as the Cocao-Tree.
The Natural History of Chocolate |D. de Quelus