cruor (uncountable)
The colouring matter of the blood.
The clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore.
Source: Wiktionary
Cru"or (kr"r), n. Etym: [L., blood. See Crude.]
Definition: The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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.
