primine (plural primines)
(botany) The outermost integument of an ovule (if it has two)
Source: Wiktionary
Pri"mine, n. Etym: [L. primus first: cf. F. primine.] (Bot.)
Definition: The outermost of the two integuments of an ovule.
Note: This word has been used by some writers to denote the inner integument, which is formed earlier than the outer. Cf. Secundine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2025
(noun) important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
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.
