| 单词 | cochineal |
| 释义 | cochineal /koch'euh neel", koh'cheuh-, koch"euh neel', koh"cheuh-/, n. 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 regions. [1575-85; < MF cochinille < Sp cochinilla the insect; of obscure orig.; perh. to be identified with Sp cochinilla sow bug (assuming a likeness between it and the female cochineal insect), dim. of cochina sow, but chronology is doubtful] |
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