[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

carmine \car"mine\, n. f. carmin cf. sp. carmin, it.
   carminio, contr. from ll. carmesinus purple color. see
   crimson.
   1. a rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.
      1913 webster

   2. a beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared
      from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.
      1913 webster

   3. chem. the essential coloring principle of cochineal,
      extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. it is a
      glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called
      also carminic acid.
      1913 webster

   carmine red chem., a coloring matter obtained from
      carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to
      the phthale"ins.
      1913 webster
see also:
crimson carminic acid carmine red 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

carmine
     adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
           of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
           syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, cerise,
            cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
            scarlet
     n : a variable color averaging a vivid red syn: cardinal
     v : color carmine
see also:
red reddish ruddy blood-red cerise cherry 
cherry-red crimson ruby ruby-red scarlet 
cardinal 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

63 moby thesaurus words for "carmine":
   titian, titian-red, bricky, cardinal, carnation, carnelian, cerise,
   cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson, damask, ferruginous,
   fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, glowing, gules,
   hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red, lake-colored, laky,
   lateritious, lobster-red, lurid, maroon, port-wine, puce, red,
   red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish, reddish-amber,
   reddish-brown, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby,
   ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust,
   rust-red, rusty, scarlet, stammel, tile-red, vermilion, vinaceous,
   warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

carmine, tx city, fips 12916
  location: 30.14960 n, 96.68883 w
  population 1990: 192 120 housing units
  area: 4.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 78932

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

carmine, tx -- u.s. city in texas
   population 2000:    228
   housing units 2000: 118
   land area 2000:     1.647399 sq. miles 4.266743 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.647399 sq. miles 4.266743 sq. km
   fips code:            12916
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             30.149059 n, 96.688420 w
   zip codes 1990:     78932
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    carmine, tx
    carmine

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