VIRUSOID

viroid, virusoid

(noun) the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

virusoid (plural virusoids)

A circular single-stranded RNA, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

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.

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