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Kermes may
refer to :
Kermes (insect), a
genus of
insects Kermes (dye), a red dye made from the
bodies of
Kermes insects Kermes oak also
called Quercus...
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Kermes mineral or
Alkermes mineral was a
compound of
antimony oxides and sulfides, more specifically,
antimony trioxide and trisulfide. It can be made...
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Kermes vermilio is a
species of
Kermes that
feeds on trees. Some of the
species are used by
humans to make vermilion;
though a
mineral form used in many...
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named after a
formerly used red dye,
kermes (dye), and was so
named because of the
grainy reddish color the
mineral often has. The name
dates from 1832...
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cochineal insect from
Central and
South America,
Kermes lake came from a
different scale insect,
Kermes vermilio,
which thrived on oak
trees around the...
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primarily Kermes vermilio. The
insects live on the sap of
certain trees,
especially Kermes oak
trees near the
Mediterranean region. Jars of
kermes have been...
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finest scarlets in
ancient times were made from the tiny
scale insect called kermes,
which fed on
certain oak
trees in Turkey, Persia,
Armenia and
other parts...
- silk-weaving
centers of Italy,
colored with
kermes.
Kermes is
extracted from the
dried unlaid eggs of the
insect Kermes vermilio or
Kermococcus vermilio found...
- as
kermes,
extracted from the
insect Kermes vermilio; and Lac, a
scarlet resinous secretion of a
number of
species of insects. Chemical- and
mineral-based...
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including carmine and
kermes dyes, and s****ac lacquer. The two red colour-names
crimson and
scarlet both
derive from the
names of
Kermes products in other...
