Look up: cochineal

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   Cochineal
   Cochineal is a scaled insect (Dactylopius coccus or Coccus cacti) found on cactii in Mexico. The dried body of the female is used to prepare the red dye, cochineal.
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   Cochineal
   Made from interesting bugs harvested in Peru. It is used to create a transparent pigment making it attractive to gilders as a pigmentation material for finishes on leafed surfaces. It produces a brilliant
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   cochineal
   [n] - a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
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   cochineal
   insect which lives on certain cactus plants Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Cochineal
   Coch'i·neal (kŏch'ĭ*nēl; 277), [ Spanish cochinilla , dim. from Latin coccineus , coccinus , scarlet, from coccum the kermes berry, German ko`kkos berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cochineal was formerly supposed to be the grain or seed of a plant, and this word was formerly defined to be the grain of the Quercus coccifera ; bu ...
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   cochineal
   The dried female insects, Coccus cacti, enclosing the young larvae, or the dried female insect, Dactylopius coccus, containing eggs and larvae, from which coccinellin is obtained; used as a red colouring agent and a stain. ... See: carmine. ... Synonym: coccinella, coccus. ... Origin: O.Sp. Cochinilla, wood louse, fr. G. Kokkinos, berry ... (05 Mar 200 ...
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   cochineal
   noun a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
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   Cochineal
   `Cochineal` is the name of both crimson or carmine dye and the `cochineal insect` (`Dactylopius coccus`), a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the dye is derived. There are other species in the genus `Dactylopius` which can be used to produce cochineal extract, but they are extremely difficult to distinguish from `D. coccus`, even for expert taxonomists, and the latter scientific name (and the use of the term `cochineal insec...
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   Cochineal
   • 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.
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    cochineal
    red dyestuff consisting of the dried, pulverized bodies of certain female scale insects, Dactylopius coccus, of the Coccidae family, cactus-eating ... [2 related articles]
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    cochineal
    The dried female insects, Coccus cacti, enclosing the young larvae, or the dried female insect, Dactylopius coccus, containing eggs and larvae, from which coccinellin is obtained; used as a red coloring agent and a stain. See: carmine Syn: coccinella, coccus 2 [O.Sp. cochinilla, wood louse, fr. G. kokkinos, berry]
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    cochineal
    cochineal (kochinēl', koch'inēl) , natural dye obtained from an extract of the bodies of the females of the cochineal bug (Dactylopius confusus) found on certain species of cactus, especially Nopalea coccinellifera, native to Mexico and Central America. The insects' bodies contai...
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