Cochineal
Cochineal noun - A red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects.
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Dye
Dye noun - A substance used to color other materials.
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Cochineal and dye are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Cochineal" with "Dye", this nouns are similar.
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In truth, red dye from madder was just cheaper for the British to produce, and officers enjoyed the scarcity, expense, and thus prestige of brighter cochineal.
Source: White Shirt of Death -
Given equal amounts of kermes and cochineal dye, the cochineal would dye 10 to 12 times more fabric.
Source: Color-Coded Patrician
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