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Zapotec (iou) and Cochineal (medicine)


Zapotec (iou)



Zapotec noun & adjective. L18.
[Spanish zapoteco, -ca from Nahuatl tzapoteca pl. of tzapotecatl lit. 'person of the place of the sapotilla'.]
A. noun.
A member of an American Indian people of southern Mexico. L18.
The language of this people, comprising several distinct dialects. L19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Zapotecs or their language. M19.
Also Zapo'tecan noun & adjective E20.

Cochineal (medicine)


cochineal


The dried female insects, Coccus cacti, enclosing the young larvae, or the dried female insect, Dactylopius coccus, containing eggs and larvae, from which coccinellin is obtained; used as a red colouring agent and a stain.

See: carmine.

Synonym: coccinella, coccus.

Origin: O.Sp. Cochinilla, wood louse, fr. G. Kokkinos, berry