INDUMENTUM

indumentum, indument

(noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

indumentum (plural indumenta)

(botany) A surface covering of any kind of trichomes, e.g. hairs, scales.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

13 February 2025

BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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