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.
RADULA
Etymology
Noun
radula (plural radulae)
(zoology) The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.
Source: Wiktionary
Rad"u*la, n.; pl. Radulæ. Etym: [L., a scraper, fr. radere to scrape.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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