Soma
(noun) personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual
soma, haoma, Sarcostemma acidum
(noun) leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
Source: WordNet® 3.1
soma (plural somas or somata)
(anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.
Synonym: Thesaurus:body
(cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.
soma (uncountable)
(hinduism) A ritual drink in ancient Vedic and continuing Hindu culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant.
(by extension) Any kind of intoxicating drug.
• -omas, Amos, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, maos, moas, omas, soam
Soma
(Hinduism) The soma juice, capitalized usually when mentioned in personified, deified form.
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• soma
• -omas, Amos, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, maos, moas, omas, soam
Abbreviation.
SoMa
The South of Market area of San Francisco.
• -omas, Amos, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, maos, moas, omas, soam
Source: Wiktionary
So"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. B. G. Wilder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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.
