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.
VALVELET
valvule, valvelet, valvula
(noun) a small valve
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
valvelet (plural valvelets)
A small valve.
Source: Wiktionary
Valve"let, n.
Definition: A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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