CARANDAY

caranday, caranda, caranda palm, wax palm, Copernicia australis, Copernicia alba

(noun) South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

4 May 2024

SARCOIDOSIS

(noun) a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands


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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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