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.
ANABIOSIS
anabiosis
(noun) suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anabiosis (plural anabioses)
(biology) A state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state.
Source: Wiktionary
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SPOT
(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”
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