As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
STIRP
Etymology
Noun
stirp (plural stirps or stirpes)
(biology, anthropology) A line descended from a single ancestor.
(systematics) A line descending from a single extant ancestor, a lineage descending from a supergenerative species.
Anagrams
• Strip, TRIPS, spirt, sprit, strip, trips
Source: Wiktionary
Stirp, n. Etym: [L. stirps, stirpis.]
Definition: Stock; race; family. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUBDUCTION
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