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
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc
(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
Any of several red scale insects of the family Dactylopiidae that feed on cacti, especially the prickly pear, and range from the southwest United States to Central America
() From French cochenille Ancient Greek κόκκινος (“red tint”) Latin coccus (“berry or grain”) (term applied to coccus quercus, a scale insect used in the production of red dye)