ptyxis (uncountable)
(botany) The way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud.
The arrangement of several leaves is called vernation or prefoliation.
Source: Wiktionary
Ptyx"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The way in which a leaf is sometimes folded in the bud.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2024
(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
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.
