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.
CHONDRULE
chondrule
(noun) small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chondrule (plural chondrules)
A small, round granule, formed from molten rock, found in chondritic meteorites.
Source: Wiktionary
Chon"drule, n. Etym: [Dim. from Gr. (Min.)
Definition: A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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