Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
VEDALIA
vedalia, Rodolia cardinalis
(noun) native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vedalia (plural vedalias)
Rodolia cardinalis, a beetle once endemic to Australia, but introduced to California and New Zealand to control Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), a pest of citrus.
Anagrams
• availed
Source: Wiktionary
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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