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.
GENOTYPE
genotype, genetic constitution
(noun) the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism
genotype
(noun) a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
genotype (plural genotypes)
(genetics) The part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.
A group of organisms having the same genetic constitution.
Verb
genotype (third-person singular simple present genotypes, present participle genotyping, simple past and past participle genotyped)
(transitive) To determine the genotype of.
Etymology 2
Noun
genotype (plural genotypes)
(taxonomy, obsolete) The type species of a genus; generitype.
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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