clavate (comparative more clavate, superlative most clavate)
(biology) Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
Synonyms: claviform, clubbed
• clubbed
Source: Wiktionary
Cla"vate, Cla"va*ted, a. Etym: [L. clava club.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top.
Note: [See Illust. of Antennae.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
