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.
UNIPAROUS
uniparous
(adjective) producing only one offspring at a time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
uniparous (not comparable)
(zoology) Producing a single egg or offspring at one time
(medicine) Primiparous.
(botany) Having a cluster of flowers that form a single axis at each branching
Source: Wiktionary
U*nip"a*rous, a. Etym: [Uni- + L. parere to bring forth.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Producing but one egg or young at a time.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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