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.
STIPE
stipe
(noun) supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stipe (plural stipes)
The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
The trunk of a tree.
The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm
Anagrams
• IP set, piets, piste, septi-, spite
Source: Wiktionary
Stipe, n. Etym: [L. stipes a stock, post, branch: cf. F. stipe.] (Bot.) (a) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern. (b) The stalk of a pistil. (c) The trunk of a tree. (d) The stem of a fungus or mushroom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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