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.
TELEUTOSPORES
Noun
teleutospores
plural of teleutospore
Source: Wiktionary
TELEUTOSPORE
Te*leu"to*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. spore.] (Bot.)
Definition: The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer. See Illust. of Uredospore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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