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COCHINEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cochineal mean? 

COCHINEAL (noun)
  The noun COCHINEAL has 2 senses:

1. a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insectsplay

2. Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dyeplay

  Familiarity information: COCHINEAL used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COCHINEAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cochineal" is a kind of...):

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)


Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cochineal; cochineal insect; Dactylopius coccus

Hypernyms ("cochineal" is a kind of...):

scale insect (small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering)

Holonyms ("cochineal" is a member of...):

Dactylopius; genus Dactylopius (type genus of the Dactylopiidae)


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