Definition of cochineal Cochineal
coch•i•neal
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NounPlural: cochineals |
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| cochineal - a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects | ||
| cochineal - Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye | ||
| cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus | ||
| scale insect small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cochineal
koch′i-nēl, n. a scarlet dye-stuff consisting of the dried bodies of certain insects gathered from the cactus plant in Mexico, the West Indies, &c.: the insect itself. [Sp. cochinilla, dim. of L. coccinus—Gr. kokkos, a berry, as the cochineal was formerly supposed to be the berry or seed of the plant.]
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🔤- cochineal, noun, singular of cochineals.
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