1) scarlet, crimson

1a) properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson

שָׁנִי n.[m.] scarlet coccus ilicis quercus coccifera 42(prop. which attaches itself to leaves and twigs of; the dried body of female yields colouring matter)