An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SPATHE
spathe
(noun) a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
spathe (plural spathes)
(botany) A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix.
Anagrams
• Spaeth, apeths, pethas
Source: Wiktionary
Spathe, n. Etym: [L. spatha, Gr. spathe. See Spade for digging.] (Bot.)
Definition: A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix.
Note: The name is also given to the several-leaved involucre of the iris and other similar plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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