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.
PLANULA
planula
(noun) the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
planula (plural planulae)
(biology) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula.
(zoology) The larva of a hydrozoan, which is free-swimming and covered in cilia.
Source: Wiktionary
Plan"u*la, n.; pl. Planulæ. Etym: [L., a little plane.]
1. (Biol.)
Definition: In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The very young, free-swimming larva of the coelenterates. It usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered with cilia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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