kermes
kermes female of the insect Kermes ilicis, formerly supposed to be a berry; red dye-stuff obtained therefrom; (k. oak) evergreen oak on which it lives XVI; (k. mineral) red sulphide of antimony XVIII. — F. kermès — Arab. (Pers.) ḳirmiz (cf. CRIMSON).
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