The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
GEOPHYTE
geophyte
(noun) a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
geophyte (plural geophytes)
(botany) A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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