Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
TOUCHY
delicate, ticklish, touchy
(adjective) difficult to handle; requiring great tact; “delicate negotiations with the big powers”; “hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter”; “a touchy subject”
huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchy
(adjective) quick to take offense
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
touchy (comparative touchier, superlative touchiest)
(of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
(of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish.
Anagrams
• couthy
Source: Wiktionary
Touch"y, a. Etym: [For techy, tetchy.]
Definition: Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. [Colloq.] It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. Saintsbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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