RICEGRASS

ricegrass, rice grass

(noun) any grass of the genus Oryzopsis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ricegrass (countable and uncountable, plural ricegrasses)

Any of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family.

Source: Wiktionary



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STRAP

(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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