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.
GEMMATIONS
Noun
gemmations
plural of gemmation
Source: Wiktionary
GEMMATION
Gem*ma"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gemmation.]
1. (Biol.)
Definition: The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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