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• Kermes (dye) — Kermes (or chermes ), meaning red insect in the Persian language, is the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect in the genus Kermes , primarily Kermes ilicis (formerly Coccus ilicis ) or Kermes vermilio , distantly related to the cochineal …   Wikipedia

• Kermes — Ker mes, n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See {Crimson}, and cf. {Alkermes}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect ({Kermes ilices} formerly {Coccus ilicis}), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Kermes ilices — Kermes Ker mes, n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See {Crimson}, and cf. {Alkermes}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect ({Kermes ilices} formerly {Coccus ilicis}), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Kermes ilices — Kermes Ker mes, n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See {Crimson}, and cf. {Alkermes}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect ({Kermes ilices} formerly {Coccus ilicis}), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Kermes mineral — Kermes Ker mes, n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See {Crimson}, and cf. {Alkermes}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect ({Kermes ilices} formerly {Coccus ilicis}), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• kermes oak — noun also kermes : a dwarf often shrubby evergreen oak (Quercus coccinea) of the Mediterranean region that is the host of the kermes insect and has a bark rich in tannin …   Useful english dictionary

• Kermes — is a term that can refer to : * the insect genus Kermes , which includes Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio * Kermes (dye) made from it, of a crimson color * Kermes Oak the insect lives on *Kermes the name of a berry, used in the once famous… …   Wikipedia

• Kermes (genus) — Taxobox | name = Kermes regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera suborder= Homoptera superfamilia = Coccoidea familia = Kermesidae genus = Kermes genus authority = Latreille, 1798 subdivision ranks = Species… …   Wikipedia

• kermes — /kerr meez/, n. 1. a red dye formerly prepared from the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect, Kermes ilices, which lives on small, evergreen oaks of the Mediterranean region. 2. the oak itself, of the genus Quercus coccifera. [1590 1600; …   Universalium

• insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …   Universalium

• Kermes, der — Der Kêrmes, plur. car. ein Nahme, welchen die unechte Cochenille oder die rothen an den Früchten und Wurzeln mancher Gewächse befindlichen Schildläuse führen, welche in der Färbekunst und Mahlerey gebraucht werden. Pohlnischer Kermes, diejenigen… …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart