GLOCHID

glochidium, glochid

(noun) a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

glochid (plural glochids)

A small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the areoles of certain cacti such as the prickly pear.

Synonyms

• glochidium

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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