Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of several coccids, or homopterous insects of the family Coccidæ, which produce the substance called lac.
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It is useful for other purposes; for the lac-insect feeds upon its leaves, and the women get a kind of caoutchouc from its sap, which they use as bandoline. "
Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859
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