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Example sentences for: cochineal

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Its most unusual farm crop, however, is the Cochineal Beetle that, when squashed, emits a red dye used as coloring for Campari and lipsticks.
The coast road east passes the town of Guatiza, where prickly pears abound and where cochineal beetles are still cultivated (see page 19).
Luckily another single-crop opportunity presented itself in the form of cochineal, a parasitic insect attracted to the opuntia variety of cactus.