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.
ARILLODE
Etymology
Noun
arillode (plural arillodes)
(botany) A structure resembling an aril that comes from the ovule as opposed to the stalk.
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• raoellid
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"il*lode, n. [Arillus + Gr. form.] (Bot.)
Definition: A false aril; an aril originating from the micropyle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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