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.
CUTIN
cutin
(noun) (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cutin (countable and uncountable, plural cutins)
(biochemistry) A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.
Anagrams
• incut, tunic
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"tin (k"tn), n. Etym: [L. cutis skin, outside.] (Bot.)
Definition: The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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