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kermes

Length / number of characters: 6
Number of words: 1

  • 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
  • A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds
  • Residential area (city, town, village) in Germany in Hessen

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