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Definition: KERMES

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in medicine.[Websters]
2. A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Kermes" is a common misspelling or typo for: kermess.

Date "Kermes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: KERMES

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] In zoology, an insect produced in the excrescences of a species of small oak, or the body of an insect transformed into a grain, berry, or husk. This body is full of reddish juice, which is used in dyeing red. Hence the word crimson.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Chemistry A red coloring extract from kermes insects. Source: European Union. (references)
Geography Kermes is geographically located in Germany. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 50.616667 degrees North latitude and 9.9 degrees East longitude. (references)
Wikipedic Kermes (or chermes) is the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Kermes ilices, formerly Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean. The insects are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. Red dye was created from the kermes insect, and the word crimson is derived from the word kermes. These insects were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in medicine. (references)
Wiktionary 1: [Noun] a crimson dye made from the crushed bodies of these insects. (references)
  2: [Noun] any of several insects of the genus Kermes. (references)

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Common Expressions: KERMES

Expressions Definition
Kermes mineral (a) (Old Chem.) An artificial amorphous trisulphide of antimony; -- so called on account of its red color. (b) (Med. Chem.) A compound of the trioxide and trisulphide of antimony, used in medicine. This substance occurs in nature as the mineral kermesite. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
Kermes Oak The Kermes Oak (Quercus coccifera) is an oak in the turkey oak section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is native to the western Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal east to Greece. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: KERMES

Kermes

Kermes is a term that can refer to :

  • the insect genus Kermes, which includes Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio
  • Kermes (dye) made from it, of a crimson color
  • Kermes Oak the insect lives on
  • Kermes the name of a berry, used in the once famous confectionery remedy alkermes.
  • Kermes is also a term used to describe a mineral compound, Kermes mineral, which is derived from the mineral Kermesite

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Kermes". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: KERMES

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Kermes 13     Kermes 13
Kermes (dye) 6     Kermes (dye) 6
Kermes (genus) 5     Kermes (genus) 5
Kermes mineral 4     Kermes mineral 4
Kermes vermilio 4     Kermes vermilio 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"kermes" is a common misspelling or typo for: kermess.

Synonyms: kermes
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 Chermes, fuchsin, magenta.
Consider also: rubin, fuchsia.

Other

 alkermes, crimson.
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Computed Synonyms: kermes

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 Intensity 

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 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   3.0093   kermes     crimson     scarlet, purple, blush, red, redden   
 2   2.0094   kermes     carmine     crimson, scarlet, cochineal, red, purple   
 3   2.0091   kermes     cochineal     carmine, scarlet, crimson, scale insect, red   
 4   1.6097   kermes     alkermes     brace, carmine, cochineal   
 5   1.0094   kermes     grain     corn, granule, seed, vein, kernel   
 6   1.0094   kermes     maroon     chestnut, auburn, brown, loaf, abandon   
 7   1.0094   kermes     rouge     unglazed scale, rust, blusher, red, rouges   
 8   1.0093   kermes     bazaar     market, fair, mart, emporium, sales activity   
 9   1.0093   kermes     fair     fine, just, beautiful, handsome, right   
 10   1.0093   kermes     paint     dye, color, colour, painting, tint   
 11   1.0093   kermes     vermilion     cinnabar, vermillion, scarlet, vermeil, red   
 12   1.0092   kermes     fuchsin     fuchsine, magenta, rubin, crimson, pinkish red   
 13   1.0092   kermes     magenta     purple, violet, crimson, scarlet, mauve   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: kermes

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 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.3394   Kermes oak     scrub oak     scrub-oak   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: KERMES

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya قرمز (Kermes). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha قرمز (Kermes). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Albanian kërmëz (alkermes, carmine, kermes). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic قرمز (Kermes). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Arnaut kërmëz (alkermes, carmine, kermes). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski кермезит (kermes), кърмъз (crimson, grain, kermes), пърнар (kermes). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) kermezit (kermes), kʺrmʺz (crimson, grain, kermes), pʺrnar (kermes). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian karmazín (kermes). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese quermes (Kermes). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian кермезит (kermes), кърмъз (crimson, grain, kermes), пърнар (kermes). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) kermezit (kermes), kʺrmʺz (crimson, grain, kermes), pʺrnar (kermes). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina karmazín (kermes). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 虫胭脂 (kermes), 雌胭脂虫 (kermes), 洋红 (fuchsin, kermes, magenta), 无定形三硫化锑 (kermes). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 雌胭脂虫 (kermes). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech karmazín (kermes). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch schildluis (kermes, scale insect, scale insects), rode verfstof daarvan gemaakt (kermes), kermes (kermes). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Galego quermes (kermes). Additional references: Galego, Spain, Portugal, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Galician quermes (kermes). Additional references: Galician, Spain, Portugal, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Gallego quermes (kermes). Additional references: Gallego, Spain, Portugal, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 참나무의 일종 (kermes, while oak), 연지 (rouge, kermes, paint), 양홍 (kermes, carmine), 자선시 (fair, kermes, bazaar), 명절날의 장 (kermes), 연지벌레 (cochineal, kermes). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 참나무의 일종 (kermes, while oak), 연지 (rouge, kermes, paint), 양홍 (kermes, carmine), 자선시 (fair, kermes, bazaar), 명절날의 장 (kermes), 연지벌레 (cochineal, kermes). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic قرمز (Kermes). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian chermes (Kermes), kermes (kermes), femmina pregna di Coccus ilicis (kermes). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ケルメス (kermes), 無定形三硫化アンチモン (kermes), カーミンカイガラムシの雌を乾かしたもの (kermes), ケルメスナラ (kermes). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 참나무의 일종 (kermes, while oak), 연지 (rouge, kermes, paint), 양홍 (kermes, carmine), 자선시 (fair, kermes, bazaar), 명절날의 장 (kermes), 연지벌레 (cochineal, kermes). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish karmazyn (crimson, kermes, maroon). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch karmazyn (crimson, kermes, maroon). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski karmazyn (crimson, kermes, maroon). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese quermes (Kermes). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi karmin (carmine, cochineal, kermes). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) krmezna boja (kermes), krmezna štitasta vaš (kermes), krmez (crimson, kermes, vermilion). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Shkip kërmëz (alkermes, carmine, kermes). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqip kërmëz (alkermes, carmine, kermes). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqiperë kërmëz (alkermes, carmine, kermes). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Skchip kërmëz (alkermes, carmine, kermes). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish quermes (kermes, grain), grana (cochineal, scarlet, grain, kermes, seed), carmes (kermes), alquermes (alkermes, kermes). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska karmin (carmine, cochineal, kermes). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish karmin (carmine, cochineal, kermes). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Tosk kërmëz (alkermes, carmine, kermes). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish kırmız (cochineal, cochineal dye, kermes). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu ؤرمز (kermes). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
Zhgabe kërmëz (alkermes, carmine, kermes). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), Kermes. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: KERMES

Language Translations for “Kermes” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag kathagermathages (kermes). Additional references: Athag, Kermes. (volunteer)
Double Dutch kagermages (kermes). Additional references: Double Dutch, Kermes. (volunteer)
Esperanto kirmeso (kermes). Additional references: Esperanto, Kermes. (volunteer)
Leet ]{&2{V}&§ (kermes). Additional references: Leet, Kermes. (volunteer)
Oppish kopermopes (kermes). Additional references: Oppish, Kermes. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Ermeskay (Kermes). Additional references: Pig Latin, Kermes. (volunteer)
Terran B kuermes (kermes). Additional references: Terran B, Kermes. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi kubermubes (kermes). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Kermes. (volunteer)
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