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.
RETICULUM
reticulum, second stomach
(noun) the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
reticulum
(noun) any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)
Reticulum
(noun) a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Reticulum
(constellation) A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.
(Chinese, constellation) Classified as two of 23 "Southern Asterisms" (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngqū)
Etymology
Noun
reticulum (plural reticula or reticulums)
A network.
A pattern of interconnected objects.
(zoology) The second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*tic"u*lum, n.;pl. Reticula. Etym: [L. dim. of rete a net.] (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach. (b) The neuroglia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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