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What is an achiote?

What is an achiote? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree.
  2. The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
  3. An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.
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In my recipe for Yucatán fish, a large fillet of grouper that's been marinated in a bright paste of achiote, orange and lime is wrapped in banana leaves before baking or grilling.
The first product in Bolivia to earn organic certification from Bio Latina, achiote provides an ecologically-safe alternative to synthetically-produced dye.
These baffles were conducted to control the Itza borderlands, to obtain valuable resources such as salt, cacao, vanilla, achiote and to take sacrificial victims for their gods.
The delicious rice is reddened with achiote and redolent of olive oil.
An interesting plant, very much in evidence here, is the achiote or uruc.
About halfway from a small, traditional burrito to the oversize Mission version, the house burrito cochinita mixes stringy pulled pork with a moderately spicy and nutty achiote sauce.

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