cochinella

cochinella [Sp. cochinella (?) < coccinus] , cochineal. 1572 quatuor vasa vocata barellos grani vocati cochenellis SelPlAdm II 148; 1607 omnes indeginae constanter affirmant his inesse provinciis ‥ lignum braselia, cuchinelam et ambergretie (Lit., Virginia) Collect. Maine Hist. Soc. V (1857) 358.