KNAPWEED

knapweed

(noun) any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

knapweed (countable and uncountable, plural knapweeds)

Any of various common weeds of the genus Centaurea

especially Centaurea nigra.

Source: Wiktionary


Knap"weed`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.

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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