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.
HAEMOSIDERIN
hemosiderin, haemosiderin
(noun) a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
haemosiderin (countable and uncountable, plural haemosiderins)
Alternative form of hemosiderin
Source: Wiktionary
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