ROCKCRESS

Etymology

Noun

rockcress (countable and uncountable, plural rockcresses)

Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis, with primarily European species; Cardaminopsis with primarily Old World species and Boechera, with primarily North American species.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

11 June 2025

LIGHT

(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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