Eugenia, genus Eugenia
(noun) tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Eugenia
A female given name from Ancient Greek. Variant: Eugenie.
(astronomy) 45 Eugenia, a main belt asteroid.
From the genus name.
eugenia (plural eugenias)
(botany) Any member of the genus Eugenia of myrtaceous plants.
Source: Wiktionary
Eu*ge"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL. Named in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of mytraceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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.
