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.
EXTINES
Noun
extines
plural of extine
Anagrams
• exteins, sixteen
Source: Wiktionary
EXTINE
Ex"tine (; 104), n. Etym: [L. exter on the outside. Cf. Intine.] (bot.)
Definition: The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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