coccus, cocci
(noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
Source: WordNet® 3.1
coccus (plural cocci)
Any approximately spherical bacterium.
One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
Source: Wiktionary
Coc"cus, n.; pl. Cocci. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Cochineal.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
3. (Biol.)
Definition: A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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.
