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.
SYNOECIOUS
synoicous, synoecious
(adjective) having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
synoecious (not comparable)
(botany) With male and female organs in the same structure.
unisex
Source: Wiktionary
Syn*oe"cious, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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