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.
LUCERNE
alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa
(noun) important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lucerne (uncountable)
(British) Alfalfa.
Etymology
Proper noun
Lucerne
A canton of Switzerland.
A city in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Lucerne.
A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"cerne, n. (Bot.)
Definition: See Lucern, the plant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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