wellingtonias
plural of wellingtonia
Source: Wiktionary
Wel`ling*to"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL. So named after the Duke of Wellington.] (Bot.)
Definition: A name given to the "big trees" (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
