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.
DICLINOUS
diclinous
(adjective) having pistils and stamens in separate flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
diclinous (not comparable)
(botany, dated) unisexual.
(crystallography) diclinic
Anagrams
• oculinids
Source: Wiktionary
Dic"li*nous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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