STENODERMINE

Sten`o*der"mine, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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8 October 2024

HEMLOCK

(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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