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.
PATELLAS
Noun
patellas
plural of patella
Source: Wiktionary
PATELLA
Pa*tel"la, n.; pl. Patellæ. Etym: [L., a small pan, the kneepan, dim. of patina, patena, a pan, dish.]
1. A small dish, pan, or vase.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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