Cochineal
21cochineal cactus — glotnioji opuncija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos dažinis, dekoratyvinis, medieninis, pašarinis augalas (Opuntia cochenillifera), kilęs iš Meksikos. atitikmenys: lot. Opuntia cochenillifera angl. cochineal cactus;… …
22cochineal nopal cactus — glotnioji opuncija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos dažinis, dekoratyvinis, medieninis, pašarinis augalas (Opuntia cochenillifera), kilęs iš Meksikos. atitikmenys: lot. Opuntia cochenillifera angl. cochineal cactus;… …
23cochineal-plant — glotnioji opuncija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos dažinis, dekoratyvinis, medieninis, pašarinis augalas (Opuntia cochenillifera), kilęs iš Meksikos. atitikmenys: lot. Opuntia cochenillifera angl. cochineal cactus;… …
24cochineal fig — noun or cochineal cactus or cochineal plant : a cactus (Nopalea cochinellifera) of Central and So. America that is widely cultivated as food for the cochineal insect …
25cochineal cactus — noun see cochineal fig * * * a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect. Also called cochineal plant …
26cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect. Also called cochineal plant. * * * …
27Cochineal fig — Fig Fig (f[i^]g), n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. {Fico}.] 1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree ({Ficus Carica}) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria… …
28cochineal insect — noun Date: 1801 a small red cactus feeding scale insect (Dactylopius coccus) the females of which are the source of cochineal …
29cochineal insect — any of various small red scale insects of the family Dactylopiidae, related to the mealybugs and characterized by an oval segmented body with white waxy plates and short legs and antennae: the source of cochineal. [1795 1805] * * * …
30cochineal plant — noun see cochineal fig …
