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.
DISCOID
discoid, discoidal, disklike, disclike, disk-shaped, disc-shaped
(adjective) having a flat circular shape
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
discoid (comparative more discoid, superlative most discoid)
Shaped like a disc/disk.
Noun
discoid (plural discoids)
(dentistry) A disk-shaped dental excavator designed to remove the carious dentin of a decayed tooth
Anagrams
• disodic
Source: Wiktionary
Dis"coid, a. Etym: [Gr. discoĂŻde. See Disk.]
Definition: Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus. Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.
Dis"coid, n.
Definition: Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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