According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
SQUAMA
squama
(noun) a protective structure resembling a scale
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
squama (plural squamae or squamas)
(medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
(botany) The bract of a deciduous spike.
(botany) Any scaly bracted leaf.
(entomology) calypter
Source: Wiktionary
Squa"ma, n.; pl. Squamæ. Etym: [L. a scale.] (Med.)
Definition: A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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