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.
ENTERON
enteron
(noun) the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
enteron (plural entera or enterons)
The gut, the whole intestine (alimentary) canal
Anagrams
• nontree, tenoner
Source: Wiktionary
En"te*ron, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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