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.
FASCIOLA
Fasciola, genus Fasciola
(noun) a genus of Fasciolidae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fasciola (plural fasciolae)
(anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
Source: Wiktionary
Fas*ci"o*la, n.;pl. Fasciolæ. Etym: [See Fasciole.] (Anat.)
Definition: A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Wilder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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