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.
DROSOPHILA
drosophila, Drosophila melanogaster
(noun) small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
drosophila (plural drosophilas or drosophilae)
Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
Source: Wiktionary
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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