វគ្គជំនាញកុំព្យូទ័រ
ចំណេះដឹងទូទៅ
ម្ហូបអាហារ
កំប្លែង
ទស្សន៍ទាយ
តូច
មធ្យម
ធំ
Kermes
ENGLISH MEANING
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
.
2.
A
small
European
evergreen
oak
(
Quercus
coccifera
) on
which
the kermes
insect
(
Coccus
ilicis
)
feeds
.
3.
A
genus
of
scale
insects
including
many
species
that
feed
on
oaks
. The
adult
female
resembles
a
small
gall
.