You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
PARELLAS
PARELLA
Pa*rel"la, Pa`relle, n. Etym: [Cf. F. parelle.] (Bot.) (a) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum). (b) A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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