Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ADNATE
adnate
(adjective) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; “a calyx adnate to the ovary”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
adnate (comparative more adnate, superlative most adnate)
(botany, mycology) Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.
(zoology) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently
Antonyms
• connate
Source: Wiktionary
Ad"nate, a. Etym: [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: Grown to congenitally.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. Gray.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STACCATO
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
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