ALOCASIA

alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear

(noun) any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

alocasia (plural alocasias)

Any of several tropical Asian plants, of the genus Alocasia, having heart- or arrowhead-shaped leaves.

Anagrams

• acolasia

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POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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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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