The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SCANDENT
scandent
(adjective) used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; “plants of a creeping or scandent nature”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
scandent (not comparable)
(botany) Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
Source: Wiktionary
Scan"dent, a. Etym: [L. scandens, -entis, p.pr. of scandere to climb.]
Definition: Climbing.
Note: Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the ivy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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