ANTHOID

Etymology

Adjective

anthoid (not comparable)

Resembling a flower.

Noun

anthoid (plural anthoids)

(botany) A flower or, more commonly, a floret that has the simplest, most basic type of structure.

Source: Wiktionary


An"thoid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]

Definition: Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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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