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coccineus
2 English words descend from Latin
coccineus
, most common first.
cochineal
A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).
coccineous
Scarlet.