The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
EMBRYONAL
embryonic, embryologic, embryonal
(adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching; “in the embryonic stage”; “embryologic development”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
embryonal (not comparable)
embryonic
Source: Wiktionary
Em"bry*o*nal, a. (Biol.)
Definition: Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IDENTIFY
(verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; “She identified the man on the ‘wanted’ poster”
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