QUINQUEFID

Quin"que*fid, a. Etym: [Quique- + the root of L. findere to cleave: cf. F. quinquéfide.] (Bot.)

Definition: Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 September 2024

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(adjective) capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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