chromosome
(noun) a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; “humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chromosome (plural chromosomes)
(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.
Source: Wiktionary
Chro"mo*some`, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Definition: One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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.
