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.
GLOSSA
tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper
(noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
glossa (plural glossae)
(zoology) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect.
Source: Wiktionary
Glos"sa, n.; pl. Gloss. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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