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Cochineal

noun

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: cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus.

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"Cochineal" Quotes from Famous Books

... find out whether the suspicious-looking thing is really blood, or whether it is merely red paint, or logwood, or cochineal, or madder, or iron-mould. There are three ways of doing this, and he nearly ...

— The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 • Various

... soles of her feet. It was customary for Hindu ladies to stain the soles of their feet of a red colour with the dye made from lac—a minute insect bearing some resemblance to the cochineal—which punctures the bark of the Indian fig-tree, and surrounds itself with the milky resinous juice of that tree. This custom is a alluded to in one ...

— Sakoontala or The Lost Ring - An Indian Drama • Kalidasa

... half full, the cargo, consisting chiefly of cochineal and copper, which is stowed in small space, the captain offered to take as many of my goods as he could stow, provided I would allow him the freight. This I willingly consented to, and examining ...

— The Pacha of Many Tales • Frederick Marryat

... and, some of the plants she had helped Ernest to dry having left their colour on the papers, she made some experiments, and succeeded in obtaining a very pretty blue to dye our clothes with; and, with the cochineal from our fig-tree, a beautiful red brown, with which she had dyed for herself ...

— The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island • Johann David Wyss

... of scope in vegetarian cooking not merely for refinement, but even elegance. Do not despise the sprinkle of chopped parsley and red specks of bread-crumbs coloured with cochineal, so often referred to throughout the following pages. Remember that the cost of these little accessories to comfort is virtually nil. We must remember also that one sense works upon another. We can ...

— Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery - A Manual Of Cheap And Wholesome Diet • A. G. Payne

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