Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
IDIOBLAST
Etymology
Noun
idioblast (plural idioblasts)
(botany) An isolated specialised cell found in the midst of an otherwise homogeneous group of cells in plant tissue.
Anagrams
• balistoid, diabolist
Source: Wiktionary
Id"i*o*blast, n. Etym: [Ideo- + -blast.] (Bot.)
Definition: An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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