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
(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