ZOO

menagerie, zoo, zoological garden

(noun) the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

zoo (plural zoos)

A park where live animals are exhibited.

(informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

(US, military, slang) The jungle.

Source: Wiktionary


Zo"ö-.

Definition: A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an animal, as in zoögenic, zoölogy, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CITYSCAPE

(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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