MAWSEEDS

Noun

mawseeds

plural of mawseed

Source: Wiktionary


MAWSEED

Maw"seed`, n. Etym: [Cf. G. magsamen.] (Bot.)

Definition: The seed of the opium poppy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

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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