Cochineal

What do we mean by cochineal?

A red colorant, whose primary constituent is carminic acid, that is made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female cochineal insects and is used to color food and cosmetics. noun

A vivid red. noun

A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of a species of insects, the Coccus cacti, found upon several species of Opuntia and other Cactaceæ, especially O. Tuna, O. Ficus-Indica, and Nopalea cochinillifera. noun

The insect which produces the dyestuff known by the same name. See def. 1. noun

A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.

A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus). noun

A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects. noun

A red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects noun

Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye noun

A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus).

A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects.

The vivid red color of this dye.

Words that are spelled similarly to cochineal:
cochineal, coccinea, cocchinea, cochineals.

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Adjectives that are often used to describe cochineal:
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