VENATIONS

Noun

venations

plural of venation

Anagrams

• innovates, native son

Source: Wiktionary


VENATION

Ve*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. vena a vein.]

Definition: The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.

Ve*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. venatio, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt. See Venison.]

Definition: The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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