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cochineal meaning in Kannada

ಕಿರಮಂಜಿ

/ˌkɒt͡ʃɪˈniːl/US/ˌkɑt͡ʃɪˈni(ə)l/

cochineal in Kannada: ಕಿರಮಂಜಿ. In English, cochineal means a scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).

Kannada words for cochineal

ಕಿರಮಂಜಿ

English meaning of cochineal

  1. noun A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).
  2. noun A vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects.
  3. noun The vivid red colour of this dye.
  4. adjective Possessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dye (noun sense 2).

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Questions about cochineal in Kannada

What is the meaning of cochineal in Kannada?
Cochineal in Kannada is ಕಿರಮಂಜಿ.
cochineal ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Cochineal: ಕಿರಮಂಜಿ.
What does cochineal mean in English?
Cochineal means a scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: cochineal (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: cochineal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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