An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ASCLEPIAD
asclepiad
(noun) any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
Asclepiad (plural Asclepiads)
(poetry) A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
(Ancient Greece) A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepius, known as physicians or healers.
Source: Wiktionary
As*cle"pi*ad, n. (Gr. & L. Pros.)
Definition: A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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