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Cochineal

Species of insect producing the crimson dye carmine

The cochineal ( KOTCH-in-EEL, -⁠eel, KOH-chin-EEL, -⁠eel; Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived.

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