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.
CUPULE
cupule
(noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies
cupule, acorn cup
(noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cupule (plural cupules)
Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"pule (k"pl), n. Etym: [See Cupola.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A cuplet or little cup, as the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A sucker or acetabulum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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