ker.mes
n.（名词）A red dyestuff once prepared from the dried bodies of various female scale insects of the genusKermes. 胭脂：一种红色染料，曾是由胭脂虫 属的有鳞屑的雌胭脂虫的干虫体制成
来源：French kermès 法语 kermès short for alkermès alkermès的简写 from Arabic al-qirmiz 源自 阿拉伯语 al-qirmiz probably from Sanskrit kômi-ja- [(red dye) produced by worms] * see k w—mi- 可能源自 梵文 kômi-ja- [用虫体制成的（红染料）] *参见 k w—mi-
