From the genus name.
crinum (plural crinums)
Any of the genus Crinum of perennial plants with large showy flowers on leafless stems, which develop from bulbs.
Source: Wiktionary
Cri"num (kr"nm), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
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.
