A very small evergreen Mediterranean oak which sometimes remains as a shrub. It has prickly leaves and was formerly prized as a host plant for kermes insects.
胭脂虫栎；铁橡栎
Quercus coccifera, family Fagaceae
Example sentencesExamples
It is made from the dried, pulverized bodies of a scale insect, Coccus ilicis, which is a parasite on an ilex oak, the kermes oak.
In Bulgaria the Kermes oak is found in the Strouma valley, to the south of the Kresna gorge as well as in the southern part of Mesta valley.
Definition of kermes oak in US English:
kermes oak
noun
A very small evergreen Mediterranean oak which sometimes remains as a shrub. It has prickly leaves and was formerly prized as a host plant for kermes insects.
胭脂虫栎；铁橡栎
Quercus coccifera, family Fagaceae
Example sentencesExamples
It is made from the dried, pulverized bodies of a scale insect, Coccus ilicis, which is a parasite on an ilex oak, the kermes oak.
In Bulgaria the Kermes oak is found in the Strouma valley, to the south of the Kresna gorge as well as in the southern part of Mesta valley.