BLACKBUTT

Etymology

Noun

blackbutt (plural blackbutts)

(chiefly AU) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark, especially Eucalyptus pilularis, having dark fibrous bark.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 April 2025

COMMISERATIVE

(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts


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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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