ADNATION

Noun

adnation (plural adnations)

(botany) The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.

Source: Wiktionary


Ad*na"tion, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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