KERMES


Meaning of KERMES in English

[ker.mes] n [F kermes, fr. Ar qirmiz] (1603): the dried bodies of the females of various scale insects (genus Kermes) that are found on a Mediterranean oak (Quercus coccifera) and constitute a red dyestuff; also: the dye

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