constrictors
plural of constrictor
Source: Wiktionary
Con*strict"or, n.
1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
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.
