As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
thrips, thrip, thripid
(noun) any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thrip (plural thrips)
Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.
Source: Wiktionary
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.