BLUEWEED

blueweed, blue devil, blue thistle, viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare

(noun) a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blueweed (countable and uncountable, plural blueweeds)

The plant Cichorium intybus.

The plant Echium vulgare.

The plant Helianthus ciliaris.

The plant Ageratum houstonianum.

Source: Wiktionary



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COVERT

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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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