VALERIANACEOUS

Etymology

Adjective

valerianaceous (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the flowering plant genus Valeriana.

Source: Wiktionary


Va*le`ri*an*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)

Definition: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccæ) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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