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.
BUCKTHORN
buckthorn
(noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
buckthorn
(noun) a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
buckthorn (plural buckthorns)
Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family,
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
Hippophae, the sea buckthorn.
Source: Wiktionary
Buck"thorn`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus. Sea buckthorn, a plant of the genus Hippophaë.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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