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Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye

Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye

A scarlet dye obtained from the dried body of an insect.

Insect employed as a coloring agent.

A scarlet dye stuff consisting of the dried bodies of certain insects gathered from the cactus plant in Mexico, the W. Indies, etc.

An insect yielding a red dye.

A scarlet dyestuff consisting of certain tropical insects killed and dried by heat.

The dried female insect, Pseudococcus cacti. It is used chiefly to color tinctures and has no medicinal value. See carminic acid.

n. [Latin] A dye-stuff consisting of the dried bodies of insects, native in Mexico, and found on several species of cactus.

An infect from which a red colour is extracted.