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kermes Definition


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kermes
noun
    1. The dried bodies of the female scale insect used as a red dyestuff.
    2. A small evergreen oak tree on which the insects breed.
      Form: kermes oak (also)
Etymology: 16c: from Persian and Arabic qirmiz, from Sanskrit krmija- red dye, literally ‘produced by a worm'.



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