cochineal vs cruor

cochineal

• The vivid red color of this dye. 

• A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects. 

• A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus). 

• cochineal 

• Possessing a vivid red color, as produced from dying with cochineal. 

cruor

• The colouring matter of the blood. 

• The clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore.