devilwood, American olive, Osmanthus americanus
(noun) small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
devilwood (plural devilwoods)
A tree (Cartrema americana, syn. Osmanthus americanus), allied to the European olive.
• (Cartrema americana): American olive, wild olive
Source: Wiktionary
Dev"il*wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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.
