Morpheme
Cochineal
Type
free base
Denotation
insect native to the tropical and subtropical Americas whose crushed dried bodies produce a vivid red dye
Etymology
Middle French cochenille; Old Spanish cochinilla; of unknown origin but possibly from Vulgar Latin *coccinella; Latin coccinus; Ancient Greek kókkinos, from kókkos + -inos
Evidence
cochineal, cochinealed, cochineals
