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.
HYPANTHIA
HYPANTHIUM
hypanthium, floral cup, calyx tube
(noun) the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
hypanthia
plural of hypanthium
Source: Wiktionary
HYPANTHIUM
Hy*pan"thi*um, n.; pl. L. Hypanthia, E. Hypanthiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the alycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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