The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
STERIGMA
Noun
sterigma (plural sterigmata or sterigmas)
(mycology) A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
(botany) A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).
(entomology) Part of the genitalia of moths.
Anagrams
• Gemarist, magister, migrates, ragtimes
Source: Wiktionary
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ALEWIFE
(noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
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