rhaphides
plural of rhaphide
Source: Wiktionary
Rhaph"i*des, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. raphides.] (Bot.)
Definition: Minute transparent, often needlle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants. [Written also raphides.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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.
