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.
ENANTIOMORPH
enantiomorph, enantiomer
(noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
enantiomorph (plural enantiomorphs)
A mirror image, a form related to another as an object is to its image in a mirror.
Either of a pair of crystals that are mirror images of each other, and are optically active.
(chemistry) A similar molecule or compound; an enantiomer.
Source: Wiktionary
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