lac dye

1. 1.

   scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac

   Broaderdye

Questions about lac dye

What does lac dye mean?

lac dye means "scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac".

Is lac dye a common word?

lac dye is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.