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.
XYLEM
xylem
(noun) the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
xylem (plural xylems)
(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.
Source: Wiktionary
Xy"lem, n. Etym: [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
Definition: That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloëm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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