The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
AUTOECISM
Etymology
Noun
autoecism (uncountable)
(ecology, of a parasite or dependent organism) The fact of completing an entire life cycle on a single host species.
(botany, of a plant) The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant.
Coordinate terms
• (biology): heterĹ“cism/heteroecism
Source: Wiktionary
Au*to"cism, n.
Definition: Quality of being autocious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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