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.
CLUSTERED
agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered
(adjective) clustered together but not coherent; “an agglomerated flower head”
clustered
(adjective) growing close together but not in dense mats
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
clustered (not comparable)
Grouped into a cluster.
(databases, of a primary key) Used as the clustering key of a clustered index.
Antonyms
• nonclustered
Verb
clustered
simple past tense and past participle of cluster
Anagrams
• decluster
Source: Wiktionary
CLUSTER
Clus"ter, n. Etym: [AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled.)]
1. A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch. Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. Spenser.
2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of provinces." Motley.
3. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. Milton. We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. Shak.
Clus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering.]
Definition: To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters. His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. Tennyson. The princes of the country clustering together. Foxe.
Clus"ter, v. t.
Definition: To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body. Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells. Tennyson. Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. Thomson. Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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