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| coch·i·neal [ kòchə nl, kóchə nl ] |
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red food coloring: a red dye obtained from the crushed dried bodies of female cochineal insects. Use: food coloring, fabric dye.
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| [Late 16th century. < French cochenille or Spanish cochinilla< Latin coccinus "scarlet" < Greek kokkos "berry," because the dried body of the insect was believed to be a berry] |
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