[French 'cochenille', from Spanish 'cochinilla', cochineal insect, probably from Vulgar Latin 'coccinella', from feminine diminutive of Latin 'coccinus', scarlet, from Greek 'kokkinos', from 'kokkos', kermes berry]
n.
1. A red dye made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female cochineal insects. It is used as a biological stain and as an indicator in acid-base titrations.
2. A vivid red.
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