The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
PALEA
Etymology
Noun
palea (plural paleae)
(botany) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
(botany) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.
(zoology) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
Anagrams
• palae, palae-, palæ-
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"le*a, n.; pl. Paleæ (-e). Etym: [L., chaff.]
1. (Bot.) (a) The interior chaff or husk of grasses. (b) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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