Definitionn. a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
Last update: October 27, 2015
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Cochineal was added to give colour to the cake. [Please select]
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The cochineal insect is found on the cactus which grows in abundance in the vicinity, and the town is known throughout Ecuador for its manufacture of boots and shoes, and for a cordage made from cabuya, the fibre of the agave plant. [Please select]
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It's only cochineal and milk. [Please select]
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"Cenobio had got a large lot of cochineal from a crafty trader at Oaxaca." [Please select]
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Here is the picture of a cactus with cochineal insects upon it. [Please select]
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Nopalry: a plantation of cacti for raising cochineal insects. [Please select]
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--Of Purple, Gillyflower, and of Fine Cochineal or Purple. [Please select]
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Azo Cochineal also dyes a fine scarlet on gloria. [Please select]
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The cochineal insect, a species which has the habit of feeding upon the cactus, is used for a dye stuff, for which service the brightly colored body is appropriated. [Please select]
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_ consisted of cotton goods, nearly the whole of which were manufactured from slave-grown cotton, and partly dyed and printed with the cochineal and indigo of Guatamala and Mexico. [Please select]
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