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.
RETIA
RETE
plexus, rete
(noun) a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
retia
plural of rete
Anagrams
• Artie, Tiare, irate, raite, terai
Source: Wiktionary
RETE
Re"te, n. Etym: [L., a net.] (Anat.)
Definition: A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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