Cochineal
31cochineal — coch·i·neal || kÉ’tʃɪniËl n. red dye …
32cochineal — noun (U) a red substance used to give food a red colour …
33cochineal — coch·i·neal …
34cochineal — /kɒtʃəˈnil / (say kochuh neel), /ˈkɒtʃənil / (say kochuhneel) noun 1. a red dye prepared from the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect, Dactylopius coccus, which lives on cacti of Mexico and other warm regions of Central America. 2. the… …
35cochineal — n. scarlet dye obtained from dried insects …
36cochineal — n. 1 a scarlet dye used esp. for colouring food. 2 the dried bodies of the female of the Mexican insect, Dactylopius coccus, yielding this. Etymology: F cochenille or Sp. cochinilla f. L coccinus scarlet f. Gk kokkos berry …
37cochineal insect — coch′ineal in sect n. ent any of various scale insects, of the family Dactylopiidae, that feed on cactus and have a bright red body fluid used as a dye • Etymology: 1795–1805 …
38Polish cochineal — Life cycle of the Polish cochineal in Breyne s Historia naturalis Cocci Radicum... (1731) Scientific classification Domain …
39alum cochineal — noun : a red staining fluid composed of alum, cochineal, and water …
40Coccus cacti — Cochineal Coch i*neal (k[o^]ch [i^]*n[=e]l; 277), [Sp. cochinilla, dim. from L. coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G. ko kkos berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cochineal was formerly supposed …