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.
DENTICLE
denticle
(noun) small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
denticle (plural denticles)
A small tooth.
(medicine) A pulp stone.
Material serving as the dermis of sharks.
(architecture) A dentil.
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Source: Wiktionary
Den"ti*cle, n. Etym: [L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental, and cf. Dentelli.]
Definition: A small tooth or projecting point.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNMARRIED
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