Chara, genus Chara
(noun) green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chara (plural charas)
A green alga of the genus Chara.
Synonym: muskgrass
chara (plural charas)
Shortened form of charabanc
• achar
Source: Wiktionary
Cha"ra, n. Etym: [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
