Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cochineal

2 senses of cochineal

Sense 1
cochineal -- (a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects)
       => dye, dyestuff -- (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Sense 2
cochineal insect, cochineal, Dactylopius coccus -- (Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye)
       => scale insect -- (small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering)