In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
INTRON
intron, noncoding DNA
(noun) sequence of a eukaryotic gene’s DNA that is not translated into a protein
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
intron (plural introns)
(genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
Coordinate terms
• exon
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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