OOEGONIUM

O`ƶ*go"ni*um, n.; pl. L. Oƶgonia, E. Oƶgoniums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oƶspheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders VaucherieƦ and PeronosporeƦ.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; ā€œthe Nubian desert stretched out before them endlesslyā€


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Menā€™s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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