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.
FUCUSES
Noun
fucuses
plural of fucus
Source: Wiktionary
FUCUS
Fu"cus, n.; pl. Fuci. Etym: [L. rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple color, disguise, deceit.]
1. A paint; a dye; also, false show. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed.
Note: Formerly most marine alg were called fuci.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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