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.
ADNEXA
adnexa, annexa
(noun) accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo); “Fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uterus”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
adnexa pl (plural only)
(anatomy) The appendages of an organ, such as the fallopian tubes of the uterus.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNEXPLOITED
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
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