WINDOWPANE

windowpane, Scophthalmus aquosus

(noun) very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America

windowpane, window

(noun) a pane of glass in a window; “the ball shattered the window”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

windowpane (plural windowpanes)

A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window

(slang) A quadruple dose of liquid LSD.

Source: Wiktionary


Win"dow*pane`, n.

1. (Arch.)

Definition: See Pane, n., (3) b. [In this sense, written also window pane.]

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 June 2025

ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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Coffee Trivia

Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.

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