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kermes oak
Variant of kermes
noun
- the dried bodies of the females of certain soft scale insects (genus Kermes), used for making a purple-red dye
- this dye
- a small, evergreen Mediterranean oak (Quercus coccifera) on which the kermes insects are foundalso kermes oak
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