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A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.
A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).
The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.
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A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver.
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Same as Cochleate.
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The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in medicine.
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A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.
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A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.
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A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochere. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.
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Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
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Alt. of Cochleated
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A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.
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The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.
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A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceae.
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Pertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear.
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A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.
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The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid.
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The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.
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The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear.
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