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Kermes
Kermes Kermes, Chermes; Kermes Grains; Alhermes; Dying Grains; Grana Tinctorum; Coccum Baphica; Coccus infectorium; Coccus of the Oak Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Illex cocciferaDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Coccus illicis on Holm Oak(Photo by Bernard DUPONT) (Wikimedia) Entomological name: Insect of Coccus illicis (syn. Kermes illicis) on Illex coccifera Parts used: Insect…