CORNSILK

cornsilk, corn silk

(noun) each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cornsilk (plural cornsilks)

A very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.

Alternative form of corn silk (the thready fibres of stigmata of corn (maize))

Adjective

cornsilk (not comparable)

Of a very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.

Source: Wiktionary



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8 January 2025

SYCAMORE

(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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