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.
OOSPHERE
oosphere
(noun) a gamete; used especially of lower plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oosphere (plural oospheres)
(botany) A large nonmotile egg cell formed in an oogonium and ready for fertilization
Source: Wiktionary
O"ö*sphere, n. Etym: [Gr. sphere.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm, produced in an oögonium.
Note: After being fertilized by the access of antherozoids it becomes covered with a cell wall and develops into an oöspore, which may grow into a new plant like the parent.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: An analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle. Goodale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RACY
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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