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.
ROTULA
Etymology
Noun
rotula (plural rotulas or rotulae)
(skeleton) The patella; the kneecap.
(zoology) One of the five radial pieces in the dentary apparatus of the sea urchin.
Anagrams
• Alutor, LAUTRO, Latour, torula
Source: Wiktionary
Rot"u*la, n. Etym: [L., a little wheel; cf. It. rotula.] (Anat.)
Definition: The patella, or kneepan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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