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.
CODON
codon
(noun) a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
codon (plural codons)
A handbell used for summoning monks.
The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.
Etymology 2
Noun
codon (plural codons)
(biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.
Hyponyms
• anticodon
• dicodon
• homocodon
• stop codon
• start codon
• tricodon
Meronyms
• nucleotide
Anagrams
• Condo, Condo., condo, no-doc
Source: Wiktionary
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