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.
HOMODROMAL
Ho*mod"ro*mal, Ho*mod"ro*mous, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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