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.
APOGAMY
apogamy
(noun) (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
apogamy (uncountable)
(botany) Asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
Usage notes
The term is generally used specifically for ferns and relatives budding from the prothallus.
Source: Wiktionary
A*pog"a*my, n. Etym: [Pref. apo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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