0 a bright red substance used to make food red in colour, made from a type of small South American insect
Dissolve the gelatine, beat it up with the fruit, add a lump of sugar and one or two drops of cochineal, and turn the preparation into a damp cup.
When tender add a glass of port wine and a little cochineal.
He despatched at least two vessels under this permit, carrying almost 140,000 pesos in bullion, along with produce consisting of cochineal, dyewood, indigo, vanilla, and drugs.
The opuntia is a host to the cochineal rearing fly, a scale fly.
They look as if they are getting rather more cochineal today.
I do not know whether there is any evidence to show that any particular harm is done by the addition of such substances as cochineal and citric acid to confectionery.
