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.
ETHENE
ethylene, ethene
(noun) a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
ethene (countable and uncountable, plural ethenes)
(organic compound, IUPAC name) The organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4
(organic chemistry) Any alkene derived from ethylene
Synonyms
• ethylene
Source: Wiktionary
Eth"ene, n. (Chem.)
Definition: Ethylene; olefiant gas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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