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kaya (iou) and par excellence (iou)


kaya (iou)



kaya noun. L19.
[Japanese.]
A Japanese coniferous tree, Torreya nucifera, related to the yew, with large edible seeds the oil of which is used in Cooking. Also, the wood of this tree.

par excellence (iou)



par excellence adverbial & adjectival phr. L17.
[French from Latin per excellentiam by virtue of excellence.]
Pre-eminent(ly); supreme(ly), above all. Now usu. as postpositive adjective.
A. Carter Saskia..started that cookery series; now she's the TV chef par excellence. D. Morgan Pentecostalism..was emerging as the Religion par excellence of the media age.