ALFILARIA

Etymology

Noun

alfilaria (uncountable)

common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), a flowering plant of the family Geraniaceae.

Source: Wiktionary


Al*fil`a*ri"a, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

6 January 2025

PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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