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.
SIPHONOSTELE
Etymology
Noun
siphonostele (plural siphonosteles)
(botany) A type of stele in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a cylinder surrounding a central pith and possessing leaf gaps.
Antonyms
• protostele
Hyponyms
• atactostele
• dictyostele
• eustele
• solenostele
Source: Wiktionary
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