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.
OOCYTE
oocyte
(noun) a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oocyte (plural oocytes)
(cytology) A cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte.
Hypernyms
• gametocyte
Coordinate terms
• spermatocyte
Anagrams
• coyote
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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