BARBATE

bearded, barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery

(adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

barbate (comparative more barbate, superlative most barbate)

(botany) bearded; having long thin hairs

Source: Wiktionary


Bar"bate, a. Etym: [L. barbatus, fr. barba beard. See Barb beard.] (Bot.)

Definition: Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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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