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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BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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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.

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