ker.mes

n.（名詞）
A red dyestuff once prepared from the dried bodies of various female scale insects of the genusKermes.
胭脂：一種紅色染料，曾是由胭脂蟲 屬的有鱗屑的雌胭脂蟲的干蟲體制成

來源：
French kermès
法語 kermès
short for alkermès
alkermès的簡寫
from Arabic al-qirmiz
源自 阿拉伯語 al-qirmiz
probably from Sanskrit kômi-ja- [(red dye) produced by worms] * see k w—mi-
可能源自 梵文 kômi-ja- [用蟲體制成的（紅染料）] *參見 k w—mi-