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.
YELLOWWORT
Etymology
Noun
yellowwort (uncountable)
Blackstonia perfoliata, a gentianaceous plant with bright yellow flowers.
Source: Wiktionary
Yel"low*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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