PUMPKINSEED

pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus

(noun) small brilliantly colored North American sunfish

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pumpkinseed (plural pumpkinseeds)

The seed of a pumpkin.

A North American sunfish; Lepomis gibbosus.

Synonyms: punkie, kivver

Source: Wiktionary



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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.

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