0 a bright red substance used to make food red in colour, made from a type of small South American insect --
The club's first badge was a white eight-pointed star, which was emblazoned across the team's shirts (then a deep cochineal red) in 1892.
The latter meaning would refer to the fact that in antiquity, residents here were known for making ink and dye from the cochineal insect.
He says that the colour is similar to that of the cochineal insect.
In order to hide them, the baker decided to add a natural color based on cochineal, a scarlet dye, to disguise his mistake.
In general, cochineal is more successful on protein-based animal fibres (including silk) than plant-based material.
Each method produces a different colour that results in the varied appearance of commercial cochineal.
Producing cochineal was time-consuming labor, but it was not particularly difficult and could be done by the elderly, women, and children.
In the case of the cochineal, it is in the nymph stage (also called the crawler stage) that the cochineal disperses.
