Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
TRANSPIRATIONS
Noun
transpirations
plural of transpiration
Source: Wiktionary
TRANSPIRATION
Tran`spi*ra"tion, n. Etym: [F. transpiration.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration. Cudworth.
2. (bot.)
Definition: The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.
3. (Physics)
Definition: The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous substances, or the like; as, transpiration through membranes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
12 January 2025
HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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