deflorate (not comparable)
(botany) Past the flowering state.
deflorate (third-person singular simple present deflorates, present participle deflorating, simple past and past participle deflorated)
(transitive, botany) To remove the flowers from.
(transitive, archaic) To take the virginity of; to deflower.
Synonym: deflower
• floreated, refloated
Source: Wiktionary
De*flo"rate, a. Etym: [LL. defloratus, p. p. of deflorare. See Deflour.] (Bot.)
Definition: Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 September 2024
(verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; “She identified the man on the ‘wanted’ poster”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
