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.
PHOSPHORYL
Etymology
Noun
phosphoryl (plural phosphoryls)
(chemistry) the trivalent radical O=P≡
Source: Wiktionary
Phos"phor*yl, n. Etym: [Phosphorus + -yl.] (Chem.)
Definition: The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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