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.
FUSTET
Etymology
Noun
fustet (countable and uncountable, plural fustets)
(countable) The smoke tree, Cotinus coggygria.
(uncountable) The wood of this tree.
(uncountable) A dye obtained from the wood of this tree.
Synonyms
• (smoke tree): Eurasian smoketree, purple smoke bush
• (dye): young fustic
Source: Wiktionary
Fus"tet, n. Etym: [F. fustet (cf. Sp. & Pg. fustete), LL. fustetus, fr. L. fustis stick, in LL., tree, See 1st Fust, and cf. Fustic.]
Definition: The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant. Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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