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.
BLASTOSPHERE
blastula, blastosphere
(noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blastosphere (plural blastospheres)
A blastula
Source: Wiktionary
Blas"to*sphere, n. Etym: [Gr. sprout + E. sphere.] (Biol.)
Definition: The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.
Note: [See Illust. of Invagination.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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VOLATILE
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