Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
EUCALYPTUS
eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree
(noun) a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
eucalyptus
(noun) wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eucalyptus (plural eucalypti or eucalyptuses)
Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
Synonyms: gum tree, eucalypt
Hyponyms: gum, mallee, stringybark, ironbark, blackbutt, yate, yellow box
A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.
Hyponyms
• (tree): box, gimlet
Source: Wiktionary
Eu`ca*lyp"tus, n. Etym: [NL., from GR. (Bot.)
Definition: A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia.
Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums, whence they called gum trees, and their timber is of great value. Eucalyptus Globulus is the blue gum; E. aigantea, the stringy bark: E. amygdalina, the peppermint tree. E. Gunnii, the Tasmanian cider tree, yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark in the spring. Center species yield oils, tars, acids, dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting groves of these trees.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
19 June 2025
ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
Coffee Trivia
