ANTITRANSPIRANT

Etymology

Adjective

antitranspirant (not comparable)

(botany, horticulture) Reducing transpiration in plants.

Noun

antitranspirant (plural antitranspirants)

(botany, horticulture) A substance applied to plant leaves to reduce transpiration.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 March 2023

STOPPER

(verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper; “She stoppered the wine bottle”; “The mothers stoppered their babies’ mouths with pacifiers”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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