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.
PINNAE
PINNA
auricle, pinna, ear
(noun) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
pinna, pinnule
(noun) division of a usually pinnately divided leaf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
pinnae
plural of pinna
Anagrams
• nanpie, panine, pinane
Source: Wiktionary
PINNA
Pin"na, n.; pl. Pinnæ, E. Pinnas. Etym: [L., a feather.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate. (b) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.
3. Etym: [L. pinna, akin to Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: The auricle of the ear. See Ear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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