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.
PROTONEMA
Noun
protonema (plural protonemata)
(botany) A filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts
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• monoptera
Source: Wiktionary
Pro`to*ne"ma, n.; pl. Protonemata. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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