cochineal
Possessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dyePossessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dye (noun sense 2).
» Carmine is a deep red food coloring obtained from an insect called the cochineal.
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1 senses(not comparable)Possessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dye (noun sense 2).
Examples
2 sentencesCarmine is a deep red food coloring obtained from an insect called the cochineal.
Cochineal is a red color that comes from dried beetles.
Origin
The noun is borrowed from Middle French cochenille (modern French cochenille), from ItaliaThe noun is borrowed from Middle French cochenille (modern French cochenille), from Italian cocciniglia or Spanish cochinilla; further etymology uncertain, possibly from Latin coccineus, coccinus (“scarlet-dyed; scarlet in colour”) (whence Italian coccineo (“scarlet in colour”)) + Italian -iglia (suffix forming collective nouns), Spanish -illa (“diminutive suffix”). Coccinus is derived from Ancient Greek κόκκῐνος (kókkĭnos, “scarlet; (figurative) blushing”, adjective), from κόκκος (kókkos, “kermes oak (Quercus coccifera); insect of the genus Kermes living on the oak; scarlet dye made from crushed kermes insects”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix forming adjectives).
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