BURION

Bu"ri*on, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [Written also burrion.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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