Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
levee
(noun) an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
levee
(noun) a pier that provides a landing place on a river
levee
(noun) a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
levee (plural levees)
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
(US) The steep bank of a river.
(US) The border of an irrigated field.
(US) A pier or other landing place on a river.
• (embankment): dike, floodwall
levee (third-person singular simple present levees, present participle leveeing, simple past and past participle leveed)
(US, transitive) To keep within a channel by means of levees.
levee (plural levees)
(obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
A reception of visitors held after getting up.
A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
levee (third-person singular simple present levees, present participle leveeing, simple past and past participle leveed)
(transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.
Source: Wiktionary
Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.]
1. The act of rising. " The sun's levee." Gray.
2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a drawing-room.
Lev"ee, v. t.
Definition: To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. Young.
Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy.]
Definition: An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S. ]
Lev"ee, v. t.
Definition: To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.