搜尋結果
cochineal
- IPA[ˈkäCHəˌnēəl]
美式
- a scarlet dye used chiefly for coloring food.;a dye similar to cochineal made from the oak kermes insect.
noun: cochineal, plural noun: cochineal insects
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a scarlet dye used chiefly for coloring food.
- ▪ a dye similar to cochineal made from the oak kermes insect.
- 2. the scale insect that is used for cochineal, native to Mexico and formerly widely cultivated on cacti.
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˌkɒtʃɪˈniːl]
英式
- a scarlet dye used for colouring food, made from the crushed dried bodies of a female scale insect.
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