The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SPOROPHYLL
sporophyll, sporophyl
(noun) leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sporophyll (plural sporophylls)
(botany) The equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia.
Source: Wiktionary
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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