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.
TEPAL
tepal
(noun) an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tepal (plural tepals)
(botany) Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals.
Anagrams
• -petal, Patel, Plate, leapt, lepta, palet, pelta, petal, plate, platĂ©, pleat
Source: Wiktionary
Tep"al, n. Etym: [F. tépale, fr. pétale, by transposition.] (Bot.)
Definition: A division of a perianth. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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