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.
MARGARINE
margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge
(noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
margarine (usually uncountable, plural margarines)
A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.
(dated) The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Mar"ga*rine, n. [F.]
1. Artificial butter; oleomargarine.
The word margarine shall mean all substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of butter, and whether mixed with butter or not. Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 29).
2. Margarin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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