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.
GLOBULIFEROUS
Etymology
Adjective
globuliferous (comparative more globuliferous, superlative most globuliferous)
(geology) Bearing globules; of rocks, having a concretionary structure where the concretions are isolated globules evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.
Source: Wiktionary
Glob`u*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Globule + -ferous.]
Definition: Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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