asclepiad
(noun) any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Asclepiad (plural Asclepiads)
(poetry) A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
(Ancient Greece) A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepius, known as physicians or healers.
Source: Wiktionary
As*cle"pi*ad, n. (Gr. & L. Pros.)
Definition: A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
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.
