kermes

Meaning of kermes

noun
  1. a red dye obtained from the crushed dried bodies of a female scale insect, used for colouring fabrics and manuscripts.
  2. the scale insect from which kermes is obtained, forming galls on the kermes oak.

late 16th century (denoting the kermes oak): from French kermès, from Arabic qirmiz ; related to crimson.

Information about kermes

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Hyphenation of kermes

ker-mes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • kermes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with kermes

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