You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
stirps (plural stirpes)
A branch of a family.
A progenitor of a branch of a family.
(zoology, botany) A superfamily of animals or plants.
stirps
plural of stirp
• spirts, sprits, strips
Source: Wiktionary
Stirps, n.; pl. Stirpes. Etym: [L., stem, stock.]
1. (Law)
Definition: Stock; race; family. Blackstone.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.
Stirp, n. Etym: [L. stirps, stirpis.]
Definition: Stock; race; family. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2024
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.