cochineal (kŏchĭnēl`, kŏch`ĭnēl), natural dye obtained from an extract of the bodies of the females of the cochineal bug (Dactylopius confusus) found on certain species of ...

RED SCALES IN THE SUNSET. Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) COCCIDAE, Scale Insect Family. Cochineal is a traditional red dye of pre-Hispanic Mexico. This precious dyestuff was ...

noun . a red dye prepared from the dried bodies of the females of the cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus, which lives on cactuses of Mexico, Central America, and other warm ...

Cochineal, red dye derived from the dried bodies of female scale insects, Dactylopius coccus. Native to the Americas, the insects were used as a dye..

Cochineal is the name of both crimson or carmine dye and the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the dye is derived. There are other species in the genus Dactylopius which can be used to produce cochineal extract, but they are extremely difficult to distinguish from D. coccus, even for expert taxonomists, and the latter scientific name (and the use of the term "cochineal insect") is therefore commonly used when one is actually referring to other biological species; ...History · Biology · Farming · Dye

cochineal /coch·i·neal/ (koch´i-nel) dried female insects of Coccus cacti, enclosing young larvae; used as a coloring agent for pharmaceuticals and as a biological stain.

coch·i·neal   (k ch-n l, k ch-n l, k ch-, k ch-) n. 1. A red dye made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female cochineal insects. It is used as a biological stain and as an ...

Polish cochineal (Porphyrophora polonica), also known as Polish carmine scales, is a scale insect formerly used to produce a crimson dye of the same name, colloquially known as Saint John's blood. The larvae of P. polonica are sessile parasites living on the roots of various herbs – especially those of the perennial knawel – growing on the sandy soils of Central Europe and other parts of Eurasia.Biology · History · Linguistics

1. Madder Family (Rubiaceae): S everal natural plant dyes were used for the classical colored clothing worn by historical figures. For example, the red coats worn by British ...