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.
ABIETIC
Etymology
Adjective
abietic (not comparable)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from fir trees
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to abietic acid or its derivatives
Source: Wiktionary
Ab`i*et"ic, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. Watts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACERVULUS
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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