plasmodium, Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite
(noun) parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
plasmodium
(noun) multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plasmodia
plural of plasmodium
Source: Wiktionary
Plas*mo"di*um, n.; pl. Plasmodia. Etym: [NL. See Plasma.]
1. (Biol.)
Definition: A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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.
