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.
HEXOSE
hexose
(noun) a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hexose (plural hexoses)
(carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
Hypernyms
• monosaccharide
Hyponyms
• ketohexose
psicose
fructose
sorbose
tagatose
• aldohexose
allose
altrose
glucose
mannose
gulose
idose
galactose
talose
• fucose
• fuculose
• rhamnose
Source: Wiktionary
Hex"ose, n. [Hexa- + -ose.] (Chem.)
Definition: Any member of a group of sugars containing six carbon atoms in the molecule. Some are widely distributed in nature, esp. in ripe fruits.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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