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.
PAPILLAE
PAPILLA
papilla
(noun) a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
papilla
(noun) a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; “the papillae of the tongue”
papilla
(noun) (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
papillae
plural of papilla
Source: Wiktionary
PAPILLA
Pa*pil"la, n.; pl. Papillæ. Etym: [L., a nipple, pimple.]
Definition: Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillæ of the tongue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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