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, funiculus
(noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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.