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.
saccharoid (comparative more saccharoid, superlative most saccharoid)
(mineralogy) Having a texture like granulated sugar.
Synonym: saccharoidal
saccharoid (plural saccharoids)
(biochemistry) A polysaccharide that resembles a sugar, often insoluble and not sweet.
• characoids
Source: Wiktionary
Sac"cha*roid, Sac`cha*roid"al, a. Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + -oid: cf. F. saccharoïde.]
Definition: resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2024
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
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.