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.
echinoid (plural echinoids)
(zoology) Any sea urchin or sea dollar of the class Echinoidea.
echinoid
Resembling a sea urchin.
Source: Wiktionary
E*chi"noid, a. Etym: [Echinus + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea.
– n.
Definition: One of the Echinoidea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 May 2024
(noun) a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
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.