PARELLAS

PARELLA

Pa*rel"la, Pa`relle, n. Etym: [Cf. F. parelle.] (Bot.) (a) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum). (b) A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 March 2025

CLOG

(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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