TIDYTIPS

tidytips, tidy tips, Layia platyglossa

(noun) California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tidytips (plural tidytips)

Any of the flowering plants of the genus Layia in the daisy family; they are erect annual herbs with dark glandular stems.

Source: Wiktionary


Ti"dy*tips`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

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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