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cochineal
A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects
{n} a fly or insect used to die scarlet
Cochineal is a red substance that is used for colouring food. a substance used to give food a red colour (cochenille, from cochinilla )
{i} red dye made from the crushed dried bodies of a female cochineal insect and used for food coloring and fabric dye; red scale insect native to Mexico and Central America that subsists on cacti; bright red color
Opuntia cochinellifera
Deep red dye obtained from the dried bodies of a type of insect (Dactylopius coccus cacti)
Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc
A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus)
(English) A bright red dye produced from an insect-parasite of the nopal (prickly-pear) cactus Cochineal was cultivated in pre-Hispanic times, and after the conquest, it was a valued item traded with Europe
A red dye made from the crushed bodies of insects It was first imported into Europe in the16th century
A red dye derived from the dried female bodies of the scale insect, Dactylopius coccus
A deep red food colour available in bottles in a liquid form It can be used for colouring any food
{s} of cochineal; from cochineal
a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
and found on several species of cactus, esp