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.
NEMATODE
nematode, nematode worm, roundworm
(noun) unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nematode (plural nematodes)
(zoology) A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.
Synonyms
• roundworm
Anagrams
• metanode
Source: Wiktionary
Nem"a*tode, a. & n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Nematoid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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