HEARTSEED

heartseed, Cardiospermum grandiflorum

(noun) herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

heartseed (countable and uncountable, plural heartseeds)

Any plant of the genus Cardiospermum, climbing plants with round seeds marked with a spot like a heart.

Anagrams

• hederates

Source: Wiktionary


Heart"seed`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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