Coccus - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: coccuscoccoid
spherical like a coccus as a coccoid microorganism...
Coccus
One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit...
Cochineal
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...
VerbarGranilla
Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect...
Kermes
The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect Kermes ilices formerly Coccus ilicis allied to the cochineal insect and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean also the dye obtained from them 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...
mealybug
Any of several homopteran scale insects as Coccus adonidum and related species of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that cover themselves with a white powderlike or cottony wax secretion They are common plant eating pests in hothouses and are also destructive of fruit trees...
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