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.
RETENE
Etymology
Noun
retene (countable and uncountable, plural retenes)
(organic compound) A hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins.
Anagrams
• entree, entrĂ©e, eterne, rentee, teener
Source: Wiktionary
Ret"ene, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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