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.
BRAMBLED
Etymology
Adjective
brambled (comparative more brambled, superlative most brambled)
Overgrown with brambles.
Source: Wiktionary
Bram"bled, a.
Definition: Overgrown with brambles. Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. T. Warton.
BRAMBLE
Bram"ble, n. Etym: [OE. brembil, AS.brbramal), fr. the same root as E. broom, As. br. See Broom.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The brambling or bramble finch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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