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.
GYNOPHORE
gynophore
(noun) the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gynophore (plural gynophores)
(botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea and Brachychiton), which supports the gynoecium.
Source: Wiktionary
Gyn"o*phore, n. Etym: [Gr. gynophore.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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