Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
EXFOLIATE
exfoliate
(verb) grow by producing or unfolding leaves; “plants exfoliate”
exfoliate
(verb) come off in a very thin piece
exfoliate
(verb) remove the surface, in scales or laminae
exfoliate
(verb) cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
exfoliate
(verb) spread by opening the leaves of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
exfoliate (third-person singular simple present exfoliates, present participle exfoliating, simple past and past participle exfoliated)
To remove the leaves from a plant.
To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
(mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*fo"li*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exfoliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exfoliating.] Etym: [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.]
1. To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
2. (Min.)
Definition: To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.
Ex*fo"li*ate v. t.
Definition: To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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