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Alkermes   Listen
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Alkermes  n.  (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... ancient pigment, perhaps the earliest of the European lakes, and so called from the Arabic Alkermes. It is sometimes spelt cermes, whence probably cermosin and crimson, and kermine and carmine. In old books it is named vermilion, in allusion to the insect, or vermes, from which it is prepared. ...
— Field's Chromatography - or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists • George Field



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