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.
AECIUM
aecium
(noun) fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aecium (plural aecia or aeciums)
(mycology) A cuplike fruiting structure of some parasitic rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.
Source: Wiktionary
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