Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
SPEKBOOMS
Noun
spekbooms
plural of spekboom
Source: Wiktionary
SPEKBOOM
Spek"boom, n. Etym: [D., lit. fat tree.] (Bot.)
Definition: The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favorite food of elephants. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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