EVENFALL

twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle

(noun) the time of day immediately following sunset; “he loved the twilight”; “they finished before the fall of night”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

evenfall (countable and uncountable, plural evenfalls)

(poetic) dusk, twilight

Synonyms

• crepusculum, mirkning, nightfall; see also dusk

Source: Wiktionary


E"ven*fall`, n.

Definition: Beginning of evening. "At the quiet evenfall." Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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MEGACOLON

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Coffee Trivia

Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.

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