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.
STAMINATE
antheral, staminate
(adjective) capable of fertilizing female organs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
staminate (not comparable)
(botany) Having functional stamens, but (typically) no pistils.
Antonyms
• pistillate
Anagrams
• animatest, emanatist
Source: Wiktionary
Stam"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. staminatus consisting of threads, fr. stamen thread: cf. F. staminé.] (Bot.) (a) Furnished with stamens; producing stamens. (b) Having stamens, but lacking pistils.
Stam"i*nate, v. t.
Definition: To indue with stamina. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUPERFETATION
(noun) fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time; “superfetation is normal in some animal species”
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