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.
CLADOPHYLL
cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade
(noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
cladophyll (plural cladophylls)
(botany) A phyllode
Source: Wiktionary
Clad"o*phyll, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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