- granum tinctorium
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see kermes.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
granum tinctorium
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kermes — (Generic name) A red dye made from the dried bodies of female coccids of kermococcus ilicis; granum tinctorium … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
CHERMES vel GUERMES — CHERMES, vel GUERMES Arabibus pro cocco, seu vermiculo, seu verme: unde etiam nomen. Κόκκοι enim sive grana fruticis, qui granum tinctorium fert, intus parvis scatent vermiculis, quorum sanics coccino tingendo praeclara est, unde vermis pro cocco … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
