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.
AMMONIFICATION
ammonification
(noun) impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
ammonification (countable and uncountable, plural ammonifications)
(biochemistry) The formation of ammonia or its compounds from nitrogenous compounds, especially as a result of bacterial decomposition.
(chemistry) The treatment or impregnation of something with ammonia.
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