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.
SUNSTONE
sunstone, aventurine
(noun) a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sunstone (countable and uncountable, plural sunstones)
(mineral) A translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone.
Synonyms
• heliolite
Anagrams
• neustons
Source: Wiktionary
Sun"stone`, n. (Med.)
Definition: Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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