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.
NATROLITE
natrolite
(noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
natrolite (countable and uncountable, plural natrolites)
(mineral) A fibrous zeolite mineral, being a sodium aluminosilicate, of the chemical formula Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O.
Anagrams
• tentorial
Source: Wiktionary
Na"tro*lite, n. Etym: [Natron + -lite: cf. F. natrolithe.] (Min.)
Definition: A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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