Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
SOPORIFICS
Noun
soporifics
plural of soporific
Source: Wiktionary
SOPORIFIC
Sop`o*rif"ic, a. Etym: [L. sopor a heavy sleep (akin to somnus sleep) + facere to make. See Somnolent, Fact.]
Definition: Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.
Syn.
– Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.
Sop`o*rif"ic, n.
Definition: A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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