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.
MULLERIAN
Adjective
mullerian (not comparable)
Alternative form of Müllerian
Source: Wiktionary
Mül*le"ri*an, a. (Anat.)
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Müller. Müllerian ducts (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male.
– Müllerian fibers (Anat.), the sustentacular or connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the retina.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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