boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat
(noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Leghorn
(dated) The city of Livorno in Italy.
Leghorn (plural Leghorns)
Alternative letter-case form of leghorn
• Herlong
leghorn (countable and uncountable, plural leghorns)
(uncountable) A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric.
(countable) A hat made from that fabric.
(countable) A small white chicken of a hardy breed.
• Herlong
Source: Wiktionary
Leg"horn, n.
Definition: A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
