punnet
(noun) a small light basket used as a measure for fruits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Origin uncertain. First appears in the 1820s. Perhaps a diminutive of pun, a dialect variant of pound, the weight + -et. The suggestion that it is an eponym of Reginald Crundall Punnett (1875–1967), geneticist and grower of strawberries, is not chronologically possible. The suggestion it was an ancestor of his lacks evidence.
punnet (plural punnets)
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
• (receptacle for strawberries): chip (northern New Zealand), pottle (British)
• unpent
Source: Wiktionary
Pun"net, n. Etym: [Cf. Ir. buinne a shoot, branch.]
Definition: A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
