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.
LACINIAE
Noun
laciniae
plural of lacinia
Source: Wiktionary
LACINIA
La*cin"i*a, n.; pl. L. Laciniæ. Etym: [L., the lappet or flap of a garment.]
1. (Bot.) (a) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. (b) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillæ of insects.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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