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.
RETENES
Noun
retenes
plural of retene
Anagrams
• entrees, entrĂ©es, rentees, teeners
Source: Wiktionary
RETENE
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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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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