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.
TRACHEID
tracheid
(noun) long tubular cell peculiar to xylem
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tracheid (plural tracheids)
(botany) A tracheid cell.
Anagrams
• thridace
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Tra"che*id, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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