CUDGERIE

Etymology

Noun

cudgerie

(AU) A tall rainforest tree of eastern Australia (Sloanea australis: Oxalidales).

(AU) silver ash, bumpy ash (Flindersia schottiana), a tree of Queensland

Synonyms

• (Sloanea australis): maiden's blush, blush alder, blush carrabeen, blush carrobean

• (Flindersia schottiana): flindosy-beech, floppy-leaf-ash, mountain-ash, northern silver-ash, southern silver-ash

Source: Wiktionary



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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