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kermes

ker·mes

kermes

 
pronunciation:
kuhr mihz
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the dried bodies of the female of certain scale insects, from which a purple-red dye is obtained.
definition 2: this dye.
definition 3: an evergreen oak tree of the Mediterranean on which this insect is found.