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car·mine

n :  a vivid red lake consisting essentially of an aluminum salt of carminic acid made from cochineal and used as a biological stain and as coloring in foods, drugs, and cosmetics : also  :  any of various coloring matters (as indigo carmine) other than carmine .
 
   

 
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