Kerria lacca is a species of insect in the family Kerriidae, the lac insects. These are in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects. This species...
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commercial purposes, though the most commonly cultivated species is Kerria lacca. These insects secrete a waxy resin that is harvested and converted commercially...
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Cyrtostachys renda (redirect from Cyrtostachys lacca)
(and Cyrtostachys lacca) as a synonym for Cyrtostachys renda was developed by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari. The Italian word "lacca" means lacquer or...
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species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is Kerria lacca. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready...
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trees where the female lac bug, Kerria lacca (order Hemiptera, family Kerriidae, also known as Laccifer lacca), secretes it to form a tunnel-like tube...
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lac, the secretions of the Indian wood insect Kerria lacca (formerly Laccifer lacca or Coccus lacca). It has the same root as the word lacquer, and comes...
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ancient times. Shellac is the secretion of the lac bug (Tachardia lacca Kerr. or Laccifer lacca). It is used for wood finish, lacquerware, skin cosmetic, ornaments...
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branches of trees left from when the small insect, Kerria lacca (also known as Laccifer lacca), creates a hard, waterproof cocoon. When used in food and...
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plant or synthetic resins some animal resins like lac (obtained from Kerria lacca) are used for applications like sealing wax in India, and lacquerware in...
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Eulima lacca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Eulima. Kuroda...
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from the Greek word φυτόν (phyton), meaning "plant," and the Latin word lacca, a red dye. Phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin are present (in the leaves...
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and many items of furniture were covered with it, the most noted being lacca povera (poor lacquer), in which allegories and images of social life were...
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americana, comes from the Greek words phyton (plant) and lacca—the scarlet dye secreted by the Kerria lacca scale insect. The second denotes this plant as native...
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In India, the tree serves as a crucial host for the lac bug (Laccifer lacca), which creates shellac. It produces the most lac sticks per hectare of...
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the sebaceous glands of sheep Shellac wax – from the lac insect Kerria lacca Spermaceti – from the head cavities and blubber of the sperm whale Bayberry...
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which are components of the red shellac obtained from the insect Kerria lacca, similar to carminic acid and kermesic acid. This article focuses primarily...
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is one of several types of host plants that allows lac insects (Kerria lacca) infestation. The resultant copious sap/insect discharge caused by this...
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Phytolacca is derived from the Greek word phyton ("plant") and the Latin word lacca ("red dye"), while Octandra is a Latin name referring to the eight stamens...
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with each leaf having 2-4 leaflets. The tree is host to Kusumi Lac (Kerria lacca), a lac insect which is native to India. Its seeds are the source of Kusum...
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Sericulturalists preparing silkworms for spinning of the silk The lac bug Kerria lacca has been kept for shellac resin. Snails being sold as food Humans foraged...
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ancient times. Shellac is the secretion of the lac bug (Tachardia lacca Kerr. or Laccifer lacca). It is used for wood finish, lacquerware, skin cosmetic, ornaments...
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was made naturally from the secretion of lac insects (specifically Kerria lacca). He produced a soluble phenol-formaldehyde shellac called Novolak, but...
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substance secreted by various scale insects, particularly the Laccifer lacca from India. Carmine lake was made from the cochineal insect from Central...
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Wilson – Fats Alexis Minotis – Lt. Acosta Nina Koshetz – Madame Chin Yolanda Lacca – Midnight James Westerfield – Job the Butler Jimmy Ames – The Killer The...
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resin is a brittle or flaky secretion of the female lac insect, Kerria lacca, found in the forests of Assam and Thailand and harvested from the bark...
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similar in color to Rose Madder Genuine but derived from synthetic Alizarin Lacca di robbia, Italian name Laque de garance, French name Natural Red 9 abbreviated...
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Greek or Roman literature. The name re-surfaces in late medieval Latin as lacca, borrowed from medieval Arabic lakk in turn borrowed from Sanskritic lakh...
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kermes, made from female Kermes scales Some varieties of shellac Kerria lacca and its shellac tubes The containing group of the scale insects was formerly...
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advised artists: "If you want to make a lovely violet colour, take fine lacca, ultramarine blue (the same amount of the one as of the other)..." For fresco...
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Lapithos Kyrenia District Λάπηθος Lapta Latsia Nicosia District Λατσια Laçça / Laçya Lefka Nicosia District Λεύκα Lefke Lefkoniko Famagusta District...
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