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cochineal::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cochineal insect, dactylopius coccus |
| Type of | scale insect |
Examples of cochineal
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Blue came from the indigo plant, and red from madder root or cochineal beetles.
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This insect is in the same family as the insect from which cochineal is obtained.
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Cochineal dye was used by the Aztec and Maya peoples of Central and North America.
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The Polish cochineal extract's natural carminic acid content is approximately 20%.
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Instead carmine or cochineal has been used with a natural raspberry flavour.
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Other colors were achieved using cochineal, vermilion, arsenic, and sulphur.
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Organic chemistry delivered the final blow for the cochineal color industry.
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The pigment is also called cochineal after the insect from which it is made.
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Cochineal is one of the few water-soluble colorants that resist degradation with time.
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- A red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
- Cochineal insect: Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
- The Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the crimson-coloured dye carmine is derived. ...
- A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus); A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects
- (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 scarlet dye made from the insect Coccus cacti, native to Mexico and Central America.
- A scale insect that lives on prickly pear cactus. Female cochineal are full of red carminic acid, so they are collected, dried and crushed to create red dyes that were highly prized by the early European textile industry and still used today.
- (n.): a small flattened insect that feeds on the sap of several plant species, notably the prickly pear. It gives its name to a dark red substance used as a colouring for foodstuffs extracted from the insect. Back
- The dye made from the dried bodies of coccid Dactylopius coccus which feeds upon the Mexican Opuntia spp. (prickly pear cactus).
