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.
INTERNODES
Noun
internodes
plural of internode
Anagrams
• nondieters, tenderonis
Source: Wiktionary
INTERNODE
In"ter*node`, n. Etym: [L. internodium; inter between + nodus knot.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise. H. Spenser.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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