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Friday, November 18, 2011

71. Alleviate

From, 'Food of the Future' Has One Hitch: It's All But Inedible, by Julia Flynn Siler, The Wall Street Journal, 11/1/11:

“The breadfruit is a remarkable food: The prickly football-size pod is full of nutrients and energy. Growing on one of the earth's highest-yielding trees, it could even help alleviate world hunger, backers believe.”

Alleviate: make [the situation] less severe; ease; mitigate
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