Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
sprue, tropical sprue, psilosis
(noun) a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sprue (plural sprues)
(medicine) A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
• tropical sprue
sprue (plural sprues)
(founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
(founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.
sprue (third-person singular simple present sprues, present participle spruing, simple past and past participle sprued)
To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.
• Pre-Us, Purse, Rupes, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, super, super-
Source: Wiktionary
Sprue, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. (Founding) (a) Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold. (b) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Same as Sprew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.