kermes

Examples

• All

• Later, he identified another species with the name Kermes bytinskii (Sternlicht 1969).

  Academic text (2005)

• The female coccoid scale Kermes echinatus with eggs.

  Academic text (2005)

• Kermes echinatus larvae are cleaved during summer from their mother coccoid, which dies thereafter.

  Academic text (2005)

• The artist used a red dye made from the kermes insect to paint her mural.

• In ancient times, the vibrant scarlet color obtained from kermes was highly prized for fabric dyeing.

• Natural fabrics often featured shades of deep red that came from the kermes dye extracted from these small insects.

Synonyms

C

cochineal

vskermes

• Literature

1 9.9

A red dye made from dried insects used to color food and fabric

is a dye made specifically from a different genus of scale insects

C

cochineal insect

vskermes

• US

9.8

A small Mexican insect that lives on cactus plants and makes a red dye

is a different genus producing red dye from other scale insects

D

Dactylopiidae

vskermes

• Specialized

9.9

A family of small insects, some of which are used to make red dye

is a single genus used for red dye rather than a whole family

L

lak

vskermes

• Indian

9.9

A small insect that makes a sticky substance used for shellac and dyes

makes red dye specifically from insect bodies rather than resin extraction

K

kerria

vskermes

• Specialized

9.9

A small insect that makes a sticky resin used to make shellac

produces red dye from insect bodies rather than from lac resin

Surface Forms

Etymology