ELAEOPTENES

Noun

elaeoptenes

plural of elaeoptene

Source: Wiktionary


ELAEOPTENE

E`læ*op"tene, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)

Definition: The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Written also elaoptene.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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