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.
SEPTUM
septum
(noun) (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities
septum
(noun) a partition or wall especially in an ovary
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
septum (plural septa or septums or septae)
(anatomy) A wall separating two cavities; a partition
The cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils.
(botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
(mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
(zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
(colloquial) Ellipsis of septum ring. or septum piercing.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Sep"tum, n.; pl. Septa. Etym: [L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, hedge, fence, fr. sepire, saepire, to hedge in, inclose.]
1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral. (b) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus. (c) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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