PERMACULTURE

Etymology

Noun

permaculture (countable and uncountable, plural permacultures)

(agriculture) Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems. [from 1978]

The design, installation and maintenance of indefinitely sustainable human communities set in balanced ecologies, both urban and rural.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 February 2025

MEGACOLON

(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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