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.
LAMINA
lamina
(noun) a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lamina (plural laminas or laminae)
A very thin layer of material.
Synonym: sheet
(anatomy) A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra.
(botany) The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade.
Synonym: blade
(geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
Anagrams
• Almain, Animal, Malian, Manila, Milana, al-Amin, aminal, animal, maalin, manila
Source: Wiktionary
Lam"i*na, n.; pl. L. Lamella.
1. A thin plate or scale; a laying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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