Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
BIRTHROOT
Etymology
Noun
birthroot (countable and uncountable, plural birthroots)
Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers.
Source: Wiktionary
Birth"root`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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