Cochineal: alternatives and connections

An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.

agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food

very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico

a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States

monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl

any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America

slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds

omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America

A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. C. scandens is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers.

of Coccus

A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).

A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which live…

tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico…

wading bird of South America and Central America

A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous…

nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur

primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America

social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless…