kermes

Kermes is a term that can refer to :the insect genus Kermes, which includes Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilioKermes (dye) made from it, of a crimson color Kermes Oak the insect lives on Kermes the name of a berry, used in the once famous confectionery remedy alkermes.Kermes is also a term used to describe a mineral compound, Kermes mineral, which is derived from the mineral Kermesite
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n. kermes

n. charity market or fair

n. kermess, kermis, sale of work

(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.