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.
ONCIDIUM
oncidium, dancing lady orchid, butterfly plant, butterfly orchid
(noun) any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
oncidium (plural oncidiums)
(botany) Any of the genus Oncidium of tropical orchidaceous plants.
Anagrams
• conidium, dimuonic
Source: Wiktionary
On*cid"i*um, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which (O. Papilio) resembles a butterfly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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