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.
LININ
linin
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
linin (plural linins)
(biochemistry) The network of viscous material in a cell's nucleus that connects the chromatin granules.
(organic compound) A bitter glucoside and purgative obtained from Linum catharticum.
Source: Wiktionary
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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