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.
DIHYBRID
dihybrid
(noun) a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each
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Etymology
Noun
dihybrid (plural dihybrids)
(genetics) A hybrid that is heterozygous with respect to two independent alleles
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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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