cochineal

English - Turkish

Definition of cochineal in English Turkish dictionary

koşnil

kırmız

kırmızı boya

{i} kırmız böceği

kırmızböcek

cochineal insect kırmızböceği

Coccus ilicis

{i} kırmız böceği boyası

kirm

Related Terms

cochineal insect

kırmızböceği

cochineal insect

kırmızı böceği

cochineal insect

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Kırmız böceğinin güzel lâl boya çıkarılan bir türü, kabuklu bit (Coccus coeti)

cochineal dye

kırmız

cochineal insect

kırmız böceği

English - English

Definition of cochineal in English English dictionary

A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects

A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus)

{n} a fly or insect used to die scarlet

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

Opuntia cochinellifera

Deep red dye obtained from the dried bodies of a type of insect (Dactylopius coccus cacti)

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

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

{s} of cochineal; from cochineal

a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects

and found on several species of cactus, esp

Related Terms

cochineal dye

{i} red dye made from the crushed dried bodies of a female cochineal insect and used for food coloring and fabric dye

cochineal fig

A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it

cochineal insect

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

cochineal insect

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

cochineal insect

red scale insect native to Mexico and Central America that subsists on cacti

Hyphenation

coch·i·neal

Synonyms

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Etymology

() 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)