Defenition of the word cochineal

• Defenition of the word cochineal

  • a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
  • Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye

Synonyms for the word cochineal

• • cochineal insect
  • Dactylopius coccus

Meronymys for the word cochineal

• • Dactylopius
  • genus Dactylopius

Hypernyms for the word cochineal

• • dye
  • dyestuff
  • scale insect

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