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.
XYLAN
Etymology
Noun
xylan (plural xylans)
(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.
Source: Wiktionary
Xy"lan, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A gummy substance of the pentosan class, present in woody tissue, and yielding xylose on hydrolysis; wood gum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 March 2025
SUCCESS
(noun) an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; “let’s call heads a success and tails a failure”; “the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs”
Coffee Trivia
