单词 | kermes |
释义 | 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; < F kermès < Ar qirmiz < Pers; r. earlier chermez < It chermes < Ar as above; see CRIMSON] |
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