Carmine is a deep red food coloring obtained from an insect called the cochineal.
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Cochineal
/ˌkɒt͡ʃɪˈniːl/
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9 entriesDactylopius coccusDactylopius opuntiaecarminecarmine coloringcarminic acid pigmentcarminic redcochineal redcrimson pigmentred food coloring
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Cochineal is a red color that comes from dried beetles.
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The Cochineel is an Inſect, bred in a ſort of Fruit much like the Prickle Pear. […] The Silveſter gives a colour almoſt as fair as the Cochineel; and ſo like it as to be often miſtaken for it, but it is not near ſo valuable.
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A prodigious quantity of insects of all sorts (but no mosquitoes) assailed us at our evening meal. […] There were some that were larger—earwigs, cochineals, a little mole-cricket, and an enormous mantis. I stuffed a number of them into my poison-bottle.
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