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Substantiivit

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.
3. (uncountable) The vivid red colour of this dye.

Adjektiivit

1. Possessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dye (noun ).