The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
RAMBUTAN
rambutan, rambotan
(noun) pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
rambutan, rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceum
(noun) Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rambutan (plural rambutans)
A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
The fruit of this tree.
Anagrams
• antumbra
Source: Wiktionary
Ram*bu"tan, n. Etym: [Malay rambutan, fr. rambut hair of the head.] (Bot.)
Definition: A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum, and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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