kermes
/'kә:mi:z/
📖 中文释义
- n. 胭脂虫, 洋红
- [化] 虫胭脂; 胭脂虫粉
🔗 释义中的汉语词
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n. 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.
- n. A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which
- the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds.