PHELLODERM

Etymology

Noun

phelloderm (plural phelloderms)

(botany) The innermost parenchymatous tissue of the periderm of some plants

Source: Wiktionary


Phel"lo*derm, n. Etym: [Gr. -derm.] (Bot.)

Definition: A layer of green parenchimatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUPERFETATION

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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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