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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kermes /ˈkəːmɪz/

▶noun a red dye obtained from the dried bodies of a scale insect (Kermes illicis) which makes berry-like galls on the kermes oak.

– origin C16 (denoting the kermes oak): from Fr. kermès, from Arab. ḳirmiz; rel. to crimson.

'kermes' also found in these Oxford entries:

carmine - crimson - grain - holly oak - ingrain - kermes oak - vermilion

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