deutzia
(noun) any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name, after Johann van der Deutz, 18th-century Dutch patron of botany.
deutzia (plural deutzias)
Any of a group of cultivated shrubs, of the genus Deutzia, having white or pink flowers
Source: Wiktionary
Deut"zi*a, n. Etym: [NL. Named after Jan Deutz of Holland.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
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.
