The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ZYGOPHYTE
Etymology
Noun
zygophyte (plural zygophytes)
(botany) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.
Source: Wiktionary
Zy"go*phyte, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeæ), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oöphyte.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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