The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PARAPHYSIS
paraphysis
(noun) a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
paraphysis (plural paraphyses)
(botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc, of other flowerless plants.
(anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.
Source: Wiktionary
Pa*raph"y*sis, n.; pl. Paraphyses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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