arcuation (countable and uncountable, plural arcuations)
The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness.
(botany) A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
Source: Wiktionary
Arc`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. arcuatio.]
1. The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness. Coxe.
2. (Hort.)
Definition: A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering. Chambers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
