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.
CALLOSE
Noun
callose (countable and uncountable, plural calloses)
(carbohydrate) A plant polysaccharide comprising glucose residues linked together through β-1,3-linkages, produced chiefly in response to wounding and infection.
Adjective
callose (not comparable)
(botany) Having calli
Antonyms
• ecallose
Anagrams
• locales
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"lose, a. Etym: [See Callous.] (Bot.)
Definition: Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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