Cochineal synonyms

kŏch'ə-nēl', kŏch'ə-nēl', kō'chə-, kō'chə-

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lake (related)
A large pool of liquid:
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cochineal insect
Any of a family (Dactylopiidae) of scale insects, esp. one (Dactylopius coccus) that has a brilliant-red bodily fluid, feeds on certain cactuses, is found chiefly in Mexico, and was formerly much used as a source of cochineal
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Dactylopius coccus
Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
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annatto (related)
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kermes (related)
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pyrethrum (related)
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Cochineal Sentence Examples

  • The, cochineal insect was once an important commercial product, but the industry has fallen into decay.

  • The females are placed on the plants about August, and in four months the first crop of cochineal is gathered, two more being produced in the course of the year.

  • The cultivation of pepper, cochineal, cinnamon and indigo for the government had already ceased; De Waal restricted the area of the sugar plantations (carried on by forced native labour) as from 1878, and provided for their abolition after 1890.

  • Other industries of a desultory character include the collection of archil, or Spanish moss, on the western side of the Californian peninsula, hunting herons for their plumes and alligators for their skins, honey extraction (commonly wild honey), and the gathering of cochineal and ni-in insects.

  • At the beginning of the 19th century, Guatemala had practically no export trade; but between 1825 and 1850 cochineal was largely exported, the centre of production being the Amatitlan district.

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