Cactus-Eating Insect Produces Red Carmine Dye
Puzzle 12 of Tolkien Universe Medium Pack
Question is: Cactus-Eating Insect Produces Red Carmine Dye
and the answer is: COCHINEAL
Word Meaning:
COCHINEAL — (countable) A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).
Definitions from Wiktionary.