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.
COSTMARY
costmary
(noun) leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings
costmary, alecost, bible leaf, mint geranium, balsam herb, Tanacetum balsamita, Chrysanthemum balsamita
(noun) tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
costmary (usually uncountable, plural costmaries)
An aromatic plant, Tanacetum balsamita, once used to flavour ale (prior to the use of hops)
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Source: Wiktionary
Cost"ma*ry (kst"m-r), n. Etym: [L. costum an Oriental aromatic plant (Gr. kost, kust) + Maria Mary. Cf.Alecost.] (Bot.)
Definition: A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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