Obs. [F. chouan, in same sense.] The seed of Anabasis tamariscifolia used to mix with carmine.
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs (1725), 2. Of the Chouan in French, or carmine seed.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Chouan … called by some also carmine seed … a very light and chaffy seed … of an acid taste, and a yellowish green colour, but is larger than worm-seed. It is called green worm seed, in our catalogues.
1764. T. H. Croker, etc. Dict. Arts, Chouan … the Levant name for the seed of a species of santolina, known among us by that of carmine-seed, from its being often used in the preparation of that drug.
1791. Hamilton, Berthollet’s Dyeing, II. II. iii. 180.
1819. Rees, Cycl., s.v. Cochineal, The French add to the infusion of cochineal a small proportion of … chouan … from the Levant.
