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.
MONOPLOID
haploid, haploidic, monoploid
(adjective) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
monoploid (not comparable)
(genetics) Having a single set of chromosomes.
Noun
monoploid (plural monoploids)
An organism having a single set of chromosomes.
Source: Wiktionary
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ALBUTEROL
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