According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
PROPHYLL
prophyll
(noun) a plant structure resembling a leaf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prophyll (plural prophylls)
(botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.
Usage notes
Between the coining of the word and the second half of the 20th century, a great amount of confusion existed in the definitions of the word and its equivalents in French and German. Many authors believed the prophyll to be a specific structure, and specialists of the Aroidea often give it such a sense.
Source: Wiktionary
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(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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