cochineal

noun · adjectiveB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

cochinealscochinille

1.
(countable)A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).
2.
(uncountable)A vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects.
Đồng nghĩa: E120
3.
(uncountable)The vivid red colour of this dye.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Possessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dye (noun sense 2).

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Đồng nghĩa

E120

Cùng gốc / liên quan

cochineal fig

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Nguồn gốc từ

qsb-grc The noun is borrowed from Middle French cochenille (modern cochenille), from Italian cocciniglia or Spanish cochinilla; further etymology uncertain, possibly from Latin coccineus, coccinus (scarlet-dyed; scarlet in colour) (whence coccineo) +,. Coccinus is derived from Ancient Greek κόκκῐνος (scarlet; (figurative) blushing), from κόκκος (possibly from) + -ῐνος.