cochineal fig

Wiktionary

1. n. A plant of Central and South America, of the cactus family, cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. (Bot.) A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.
2. n. See Conchineal fig.