You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
BASIFUGAL
Etymology
Adjective
basifugal (not comparable)
(botany) Tending or proceeding away from the base.
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*sif"u*gal, a. Etym: [Base,n.+ L. fugere to flee.] (Bot.)
Definition: Tending or proceeding away from the base; as, a basifugal growth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ODONTOGLOSSUM
(noun) any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors
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