scorpionweed, scorpion weed, phacelia
(noun) any plant of the genus Phacelia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
phacelia (plural phacelias)
Any of many annual or perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Phacelia, native to the Americas.
• (plants of genus Phacelia): scorpionweed
• acephali
Source: Wiktionary
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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.
