Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
DAISY
daisy
(noun) any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
daisy (plural daisies)
A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
Many other flowering plants of various species.
(Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.
Anagrams
• I'd say, Sayid, diyas
Etymology 1
From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".
Proper noun
Daisy
A female given name from English.
A common name for a cow.
Etymology 2
Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.
Noun
Daisy (plural Daisies)
A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.
Anagrams
• I'd say, Sayid, diyas
Proper noun
DAISY
Acronym of Digital Accessible Information System: an XML-based open standard for people whose disability makes it difficult to read print.
Anagrams
• I'd say, Sayid, diyas
Source: Wiktionary
Dai"sy, n.; pl. Daisies. Etym: [OE. dayesye, AS. dæges day's eye, daisy. See Day, and Eye.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositæ. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. (b) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.
Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane. Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species.
– Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STACCATO
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