BOMBIC

Bom"bic, a. Etym: [L. bombyx silk, silkworm: cf. F. bombique.]

Definition: Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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