STEEPLEBUSH

Etymology

Noun

steeplebush (usually uncountable, plural steeplebushes)

A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.

Spiraea tomentosa, of eastern North American

Spiraea douglasii, of western North America

Synonyms

• hardhack

Source: Wiktionary



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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