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.
GYNANDROMORPH
hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gynandromorph (plural gynandromorphs)
An insect or crustacean literally having physical characteristics of both sexes, usually displaying a bilateral difference.
A person having certain physical characteristics of both sexes.
Source: Wiktionary
Gy*nan"dro*morph, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An animal affected with gynandromorphism,
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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