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.
EXOSTOSES
EXOSTOSIS
exostosis
(noun) a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
exostoses
plural of exostosis
Source: Wiktionary
EXOSTOSIS
Ex`os*to"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. exostose.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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