HYGROSCOPICITY

Etymology

Noun

hygroscopicity (countable and uncountable, plural hygroscopicities)

(uncountable) The state of being hygroscopic.

(countable) The degree to which a substance is hygroscopic.

Source: Wiktionary


Hy`gro*sco*pic"i*ty, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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Coffee Trivia

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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