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.
BROCCOLINI
Etymology
Noun
broccolini (uncountable)
A green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and long thin stalks; a cross between broccoli and kai-lan (Chinese broccoli).
Synonyms
• (hybrid of broccoli): asparation, baby broccoli, broccolette, broccoletti, tenderstem
Source: Wiktionary
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15 November 2024
HISTOLOGICALLY
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
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