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What (who) is kermes - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Kermes (disambiguation)
Kermes
·noun A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds.
II. Kermes ·add. ·noun A genus of scale insects including many species that feed on oaks. The adult female resembles a small gall.
III. Kermes ·noun 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.
kermes
['k?:m?z]
¦ noun a red dye obtained from the dried bodies of a scale insect (Kermes illicis) which makes berry-like galls on the kermes oak.
Origin
Kermes (insect)
GENUS OF INSECTS
Scarlet Berry; Kermes (genus); Coccus ilicis
Kermes is a genus of scale insects in the order Hemiptera. They feed on the sap of evergreen oaks; the females produce a red dye, also called "kermes", that is the source of natural crimson.
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Kermes
Kermes may refer to :
- Kermes (genus), a genus of insects
- Kermes (dye), a red dye made from the bodies of Kermes insects
- Kermes oak also called Quercus coccifera, the tree on which the Kermes insects traditionally fed
- Alchermes, a confectionery remedy coloured red
- Kermesite, the mineral antimony oxysulfide (Sb2S2O), also known as red antimony
- Kermes mineral, an older term for an imprecise compound of antimony oxides and sulfides
- Simone Kermes, a German soprano best known for her work in the virtuoso Baroque and Classical repertoire
- Kermesse (festival)
