פִּיקָס, (cmp. פִּיקָה I; φῦκος, fucus, of Semitic origin) [coil,]
פִּיקָס, sea-weed or rock-lichen used as a dye; red color, rouge. Sifra M’tsorʿa, Neg., Par. 1 (ref. to שני, Lev. XIV, 4) יכול פ׳ ת"ל תולעת from שני you might infer that you may use the dye from fucus, therefore tolaʿath is added (to indicate that it must be won from a worm, the snail); Yalk. Lev. 559 פִּיקִים.
פִּיקָס, the dried up blossoms of gourds. B. Mets. 88ᵇ (expl. משיפקסו, Maasr. I, 5) משינטל פ׳ שלהן (Rashi to Bets. 13ᵇ פֶּקֶס) as soon as their blossoms are removed.