COCHINEAL
\kˈɒt͡ʃɪnˌi͡əl], \kˈɒtʃɪnˌiəl], \k_ˈɒ_tʃ_ɪ_n_ˌiə_l]\
Definitions of COCHINEAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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A scarlet dye stuff consisting of the dried bodies of certain insects gathered from the cactus plant in Mexico, the W. Indies, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The dried female insect, Pseudococcus cacti. It is used chiefly to color tinctures and has no medicinal value. See carminic acid.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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