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.
HEMIGAMOUS
He*mig"a*mous, a. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
11 January 2025
COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Coffee Trivia
