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ˈkɜr mizkermés

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Wiktionary

  1. kermesnoun

    any of several insects of the genus Kermes

  2. kermesnoun

    Crimson dye made from the crushed bodies of these insects

  3. Etymology: From (qermez).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Kermesnoun

    Kermes is a roundish body, of the bigness of a pea, and of a brownish red colour, covered when most perfect with a purplish grey dust. It contains a multitude of little distinct granules, soft, and when crushed yield a scarlet juice. It is found adhering to a kind of holm oak, and till lately was generally understood to be a vegetable excrescence; but we now know it to be the extended body of an animal parent, filled with a numerous offspring, which are the little red granules. Hill.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kermesnoun

    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

  2. Kermesnoun

    a small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds

  3. Etymology: [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See Crimson, and cf. Alkermes.]

Wikidata

  1. Kermes

    Kermes is a genus of scale insects in the order Hemiptera. They feed on the sap of evergreen oaks; the females produce a red dye, also called "kermes", that is the source of natural crimson. The word "kermes" is derived from Arabic/Persian qirmiz, which means "red" or "crimson". There are six species: ⁕Kermes bacciformis Leonardi, 1908 ⁕Kermes corticalis ⁕Kermes gibbosus Signoret, 1875 ⁕Kermes ilicis ⁕Kermes roboris ⁕Kermes vermilio Planchon, 1864

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Kermes

    kėr′mēz, n. a dye-stuff which consists of the bodies of the females of a species of coccus. [Pers.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. kermes

    A little red gall, occasioned by the puncture of the Coccus ilicis on the leaves of the Quercus coccifera, or Kermes oak; an article of commerce from Spain, used in dyeing.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KERMES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kermes is ranked #105079 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Kermes surname appeared 170 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kermes.

    92.9% or 158 total occurrences were White.
    4.7% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kermés in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kermés in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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