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.
SQUAMOUS
Etymology
Adjective
squamous (comparative more squamous, superlative most squamous)
Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
Synonyms: squamose, squamulose, Thesaurus:scaly
Antonyms: esquamulose, scaleless
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
Source: Wiktionary
Squa*mose" or, Squa"mous, Etym: [L. squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.]
1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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