Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
CALICLE
Noun
calicle (plural calicles)
(zoology) Any cup-shaped depression.
(botany, zoology) A calyculus.
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"i*cle, n. Etym: [L. caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf Calycle.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian. [Written also calycle. See Calycle.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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