a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect. Also called cochineal plant .
COCHINEAL CACTUS
Meaning of COCHINEAL CACTUS in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012