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.
ARCHEGONIA
ARCHEGONIUM
archegonium
(noun) a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
archegonia
plural of archegonium
Source: Wiktionary
ARCHEGONIUM
Ar`che*go"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
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