The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
AGROSTIS
Agrostis, genus Agrostis
(noun) annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from ‘bent’ meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
A*gros"tis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
Definition: A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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