barbule (plural barbules)
(botany) A small barb or beard.
(ornithology) Any of the secondary barbs that form a fringe of small projections on a feather.
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"bule, n. Etym: [L. barbula, fr. barba beard.]
1. A very minute barb or beard. Booth.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
