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.
FIBRIL
fibril, filament, strand
(noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
fibril (plural fibrils)
A fine fibre or filament
(biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants
Source: Wiktionary
Fi"bril, n. Etym: [F. fibrille, dim. of fibre, L. fibra.]
Definition: A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. Cheyne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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