kermes
/ˈkɜːmɪz/noun
1
- mass noun a red dye used, especially formerly, for colouring fabrics and manuscripts（尤指旧时染纺织品及手稿用的）胭脂红（染料）。
1.1
- the dried bodies of a female scale insect, which are crushed to yield this dye雌胭脂虫干虫体（碾碎后成为胭脂红染料）。
2
oak kermes
the scale insect that is used for this dye, forming berry-like galls on the kermes oak胭脂虫, 冬青红蚧。
2.1
- Kermes illicis, family Eriococcidae, suborder Homoptera.拉丁名Kermés illicis,绒蚧科, 同翅亚目。
词源
late 16th cent. (denoting the kermes oak)： from French kermès, from Arabic ḳirmiz; related to CRIMSON.