"Kermes" is a word in ENGLISH
The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus
ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species
of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea,
contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing.
They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used
in medicine.
A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which
the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds.
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A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
Read the complete definitionA dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, …
Read the complete definitionA reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as …
Read the complete definitionSmall grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect.
Read the complete definitionA resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, …
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