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.
FUNICLE
funicle, funiculus
(noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
funicle (plural funicles)
(botany) The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.
(entomology) Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"ni*cle, n. Etym: [L. funiculus, dim. of funis cord, rope: cf. F. funicule funicle (in sense 2). Cf. Funambulo.] (Bot.)
1. A small cord, ligature, or fiber.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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