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.
GALLEIN
Etymology
Noun
gallein (countable and uncountable, plural galleins)
(organic compound) A red crystalline dyestuff obtained by heating pyrogallic acid and phthalic acid together.
Anagrams
• Gallien, Langlie, Nigella, galline, liangle, nigella
Source: Wiktionary
Gal"le*ïn, n. Etym: [Pyrogallol + phthaleïn.] (Chem.)
Definition: A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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