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.
AGRIBUSINESS
agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm
(noun) a large-scale farming enterprise
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
agribusiness (countable and uncountable, plural agribusinesses)
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do. [from 1950s]
Synonym: agrobusiness
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
Synonym: agrobusiness
Source: Wiktionary
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DESIRABLE
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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