Message-ID: <10311396.1075858928898.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:02:21 -0700 (PDT) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--suberic Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith @ENRON X-To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Wordsmith X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst suberic (soo-BEHR-ik) adjective Of or pertaining to cork. [From French suberique, from Latin suber, cork.] "Chufa de Valencia: Tuber of the species Cyperus esculentus. This comes in various shapes and sizes, has a thin outer skin, suberic tissue and a high fat and sugar content." Source: A Report from British Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. http://www.maff.gov.uk/foodrin/foodname/fruitveg/spain/chufa.htm This week's theme: words ending in eric. ............................................................................ It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE) Looking for a word or quotation previously featured in AWAD? They are all archived at http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html . For the theme list, see http://wordsmith.org/awad/themes.html . Alphabetical listing of the words is available at http://wordsmith.org/awad/wordlist.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/suberic.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/suberic.ram