As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
HYDROTROPISM
Etymology
Noun
hydrotropism (usually uncountable, plural hydrotropisms)
(biology) The movement of a plant (or other organism) either towards or away from water
Source: Wiktionary
Hy*drot"ro*pism, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A tendency towards moisture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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