GNETALES

Gnetales, order Gnetales

(noun) chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

3 January 2025

POINT

(noun) a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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