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.
INTINE
Noun
intine (plural intines)
(botany, palynology) The innermost wall of a spore or pollen grain
Coordinate terms
• exine
Anagrams
• intein, tinnie
Source: Wiktionary
In"tine, n. Etym: [L. intus within. Cf. Extine.] (Bot.)
Definition: A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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