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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kermes \Ker"mes\, n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See {Crimson}, and cf.
     {Alkermes}.]
     1. (Zool.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect
        ({Kermes ilices} formerly {Coccus ilicis}), allied to the
        cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near
        the Mediterranean; also, the dye obtained from them. 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. [Written also {chermes}.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) A small European evergreen oak ({Quercus
        coccifera}) on which the kermes insect ({Kermes ilices},
        formerly {Coccus ilicis}) feeds. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ.
        Plants).
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     3. (Zool.) [NL.] A genus of scale insects including many
        species that feed on oaks. The adult female resembles a
        small gall.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {Kermes mineral}.
        (a) (Old Chem.) An artificial amorphous trisulphide of
            antimony; -- so called on account of its red color.
        (b) (Med. Chem.) A compound of the trioxide and
            trisulphide of antimony, used in medicine. This
            substance occurs in nature as the mineral {kermesite}.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chermes \Cher"mes\, n.
     See {Kermes}.
     [1913 Webster]

















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