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.
PLURILOCULAR
Etymology
Adjective
plurilocular (not comparable)
multilocular
The lemon and the orange are plurilocular fruits, having several divisions containing seeds.
Source: Wiktionary
Plu`ri*loc"u*lar, a. Etym: [Pluri- + locular.]
Definition: Having several cells or loculi; specifically (Bot.),
Definition: having several divisions containing seeds; as, the lemon and the orange are plurilocular fruits. Plurilocular sporangia (Bot.), many-celled sporangia, each cell containing a single spore, as in many algæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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