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.
CRUCIFER
crucifer, cruciferous plant
(noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crucifer (plural crucifers)
(Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
(botany) A member of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Hyponyms
• (botany): arugula, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard greens, radish, spring greens, watercress
Anagrams
• Ferrucci
Source: Wiktionary
Cru"ci*fer (-fr), n. Etym: [See Cruciferous.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the order Cruciferæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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