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.
NODULE
nodule
(noun) a small node
nodule
(noun) (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
nodule, tubercle
(noun) small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nodule (plural nodules)
A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.
Anagrams
• Louden, edunol, louden, louned
Source: Wiktionary
Nod"ule, n. Etym: [L. nodulus, dim. of nodus knot: cf. F. nodule.]
Definition: A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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