The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PHYLLODIUM
Etymology
Noun
phyllodium (plural phyllodia)
(botany) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.
Source: Wiktionary
Phyl*lo"di*um, n.; pl. Phyllodia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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