Here the cactas is grown for the sake of the cochineal insect.
It is in this membranous cradle that the larv of the cochineal insect are born.
The cactus is cultivated for the production of the cochineal insect.
The cochineal insect is indigenous here, and is found upon the Cactus opuntia.
Carmine, kr′mīn, n. the red colouring principle obtained from the cochineal insect.
In hot climates, in which the cochineal insect delights, it has been preserved, and is cultivated as an article of commerce.
It is the colour of the dye produced from the dried bodies of the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
The circumstances attending the birth of the cochineal insect are very curious.
In Mexico we have the cochineal insect, which is a scale bug that lives on a cactus that grows in Mexico.
The cochineal insect, which feeds on the leaves of the prickly pear, is cultivated for its brilliant dye.
