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.
FARINOSE
Etymology
Adjective
farinose (comparative more farinose, superlative most farinose)
Yielding or related to farina
(botany, zoology) Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, like the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy
Antonyms
• efarinose
Anagrams
• Serafino
Source: Wiktionary
Far`i*nose", a. Etym: [L. farinosus: cf. F. farineux.]
1. Yielding farinaa; as, farinose substances.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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