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.
COCCOID
coccoid
(adjective) spherical; like a coccus; “a coccoid microorganism”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
coccoid (comparative more coccoid, superlative most coccoid)
spherical, shaped like a coccus
Noun
coccoid (plural coccoids)
Something with a coccoid shape.
Source: Wiktionary
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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