{"id":39374,"date":"2023-10-21T18:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T23:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=39374"},"modified":"2023-10-21T18:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T23:26:08","slug":"word-of-the-day-919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2023\/10\/21\/word-of-the-day-919\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Coir<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/coir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dictionary.com<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26034600-100-microgreens-the-surprising-truth-about-this-trendy-new-superfood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Microgreens: The surprising truth about this trendy new \u2018superfood\u2019<\/em><\/a>,&#8221; Chris Stokel-Walker, <em><strong>NewScientist<\/strong><\/em> (October 14-20, 2023; paywall):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I currently have a collection of mixed lettuce leaves growing alongside radish, mustard and rocket. Next to them, a couple of ice cream tubs house parsley, coriander and red basil seeds waiting to germinate, their roots exploring the coconut coir beneath \u2013 a growth medium derived from the husks of coconuts (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26034600-100-microgreens-the-surprising-truth-about-this-trendy-new-superfood\/#DeepDive-1\">\u201cHow to grow microgreens\u201d<\/a>, below). Next on my wish list are peas, kohlrabi, broccoli and sunflowers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coir: the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc. [Dictionary.com] Noted in &#8220;Microgreens: The surprising truth about this trendy new \u2018superfood\u2019,&#8221; Chris Stokel-Walker, NewScientist (October 14-20, 2023; paywall): I currently have a collection of mixed lettuce leaves growing alongside radish, mustard and \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2023\/10\/21\/word-of-the-day-919\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39375,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39374\/revisions\/39375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}