SPARTINA

Spartina, genus Spartina

(noun) grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

spartina (usually uncountable, plural spartinas)

cordgrass (Spartina).

Anagrams

• Partains, aspirant, partisan

Source: Wiktionary



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TYPIFY

(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”


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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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