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.
OOSPERM
Etymology
Noun
oosperm (plural oosperms)
(biology) The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoon in impregnation.
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Source: Wiktionary
O"ö*sperm, n. Etym: [Gr. sperm.] (Biol.)
Definition: The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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