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.
EUPHORBIA
Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia
(noun) type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
euphorbia (plural euphorbias)
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
Source: Wiktionary
Eu*phor"bi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See Euphorrium.] (Bot.)
Definition: Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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