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.
MULCH
mulch
(noun) a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion
mulch
(verb) cover with mulch; “mulch the flowerbeds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mulch (countable and uncountable, plural mulches)
(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.
(countable, agriculture) A material used as mulch, as a decorative redwood bark mulch.
Verb
mulch (third-person singular simple present mulches, present participle mulching, simple past and past participle mulched)
(agriculture) To apply mulch.
(agriculture) To turn into mulch.
Source: Wiktionary
Mulch, n. Etym: [Cf. mull dirt, also Prov. G. mulsch, molsch, rotten, soft, mellow, as fruit.]
Definition: Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture.
Mulch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulched; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulching.]
Definition: To cover or dress with mulch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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