Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
PREFORMATION
preformation, theory of preformation
(noun) a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
preformation (countable and uncountable, plural preformations)
Prior formation.
(biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`for*ma"tion, n. (Biol.)
Definition: An old theory of the preëxistence of germs. Cf. Emboîtement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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