XENOGAMY

Etymology

Noun

xenogamy (uncountable)

(botany) The transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination

Cross-cultural marriage

Source: Wiktionary


Xe*nog"a*my, n. Etym: [Gr. xe`nos strange, foreign + (Bot.)

Definition: Cross fertilization.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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12 May 2025

UNSEASONED

(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”


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Coffee Trivia

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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