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    Kermes is a red dye derived from the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect in the genus Kermes, primarily Kermes vermilio. The Kermes insects...
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  • Kermes may refer to : Kermes (insect), a genus of insects Kermes (dye), a red dye made from the bodies of Kermes insects Kermes oak also called Quercus...
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    Kermes is a genus of scale insects in the order Hemiptera. They feed on the sap of oaks; the females produce a red dye, also called "kermes", that is...
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  • Kermes vermilio is a species of Kermes that feeds on trees. Some of the species are used by humans to make vermilion; though a mineral form used in many...
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  • inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as...
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    Quercus coccifera (redirect from Kermes oak)
    Balkans, and Greece, including Crete. The Kermes Oak was historically important as the food plant of Kermes scale insects, from which a red dye called...
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    Simone Kermes (born 17 May 1965, in Leipzig) is a German coloratura soprano, especially known for her virtuoso voice, suited to the opera seria genre of...
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    Kermesic acid is found in insects of the genus Kermes. It is the only colored component of the dye kermes. The chemical structure of kermesic acid was elucidated...
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  • name is derived from the word kermes as denoting the compound's red color. The origins of the term is from the French kermès, which is short for alkermès...
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    as coats and hats. Dyestuffs including carmine (cochineal), shellac, and kermes have been made from the bodies of insects. Working animals including cattle...
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    primarily Kermes vermilio. The insects live on the sap of certain trees, especially Kermes oak trees near the Mediterranean region. Jars of kermes have been...
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    bees Beeswax Honey Propolis Royal jelly Carmine/Cochineal Polish Chitin Kermes Sericulture Silk Shellac Model organism Drosophila melanogaster Harmful...
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    Aïn Kermes District is a district of Tiaret Province, Algeria. The district is further divided into 5 municipalities: Aïn Kermes Madna Medrissa Djebilet...
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    Coccus fagi Baerensprung, 1849 Cryptococcus fagi Douglas, 1890 Eriococcus fagi Perrier, 1926 Kermes fagi Lindinger, 1957 Pseudococcus fagi Douglas, 1886...
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    was Kermes (technically, crimson), one of the oldest organic pigments. Its key ingredient, kermesic acid, was also extracted from an insect, Kermes vermilio...
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  • Aïn Kermes is a town and commune in Tiaret Province in northwestern Algeria. Algeria portal "Communes of Algeria". Statoids. Archived from the original...
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    larva of Zenodochium coccivorella is an internal parasite of the coccid Kermes species. Many species have been recorded as breeding in natural materials...
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    superfamily Coccoidea. The type genus, Kermes, includes the kermes scale insects, from which a red dye, also called kermes (a.k.a. crimson), is obtained. Wikispecies...
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    forest trees are sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), holm oak (Quercus ilex), kermes oak (Quercus coccifera), Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto), oriental plane...
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  • primarily Kermes vermilio. The insects live on the sap of certain trees, especially Kermes oak trees near the Mediterranean region. Jars of kermes have been...
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    including carmine and kermes dyes, and shellac lacquer. The two red colour-names crimson and scarlet both derive from the names of Kermes products in other...
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    silk-weaving centers of Italy, colored with kermes. Kermes is extracted from the dried unlaid eggs of the insect Kermes vermilio or Kermococcus vermilio found...
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  • company Alchermes, a red liqueur coloured by inclusion of the insect Kermes vermilio Kermes (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    Gulf of Gökova (Turkish: Gökova Körfezi) or Gulf of Kerme (Turkish: Kerme Körfezi; Greek: Κεραμεικός κόλπος; Latin: Ceramicus Sinus, lit. 'ceramic gulf';...
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    broadcloth, invariably woven from the finest English wools, and always dyed with kermes, even if mixed with woad, and other dyestuffs. There is no evidence for...
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    finest scarlets in ancient times were made from the tiny scale insect called kermes, which fed on certain oak trees in Turkey, Persia, Armenia and other parts...
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    Olive (Olea europaea), Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo), Arbutus andrachne, Kermes Oak (Quercus coccifera), and Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis). Southern Anatolian...
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    which are further divided into 42 communes or municipalities. Aïn Deheb Aïn Kermes Dahmouni Frenda Hamadia Ksar Chellala Mahdia Mechraâ Sfa Medroussa Meghila...
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    cardinals should no longer wear Tyrian purple, and instead wear scarlet, from kermes and alum, since the dye from Byzantium was no longer available. Bishops...
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    maquis of mastic (Pistacia lentiscus L.), juniper (Juniperus phoenicea L.), Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera L.), wild olive (Olea europaea L. ssp. europaea,...
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