BLOODLINE

pedigree, bloodline

(noun) ancestry of a purebred animal

lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

(noun) the descendants of one individual; “his entire lineage has been warriors”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bloodline (plural bloodlines)

The abstract link between a person and their ancestors.

The pedigree of an animal.

By extension, the predecessors of a particular item or product.

Source: Wiktionary



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SYCAMORE

(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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