JOEWOOD

barbasco, joewood, Jacquinia keyensis

(noun) West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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