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.
ALPESTRINE
alpestrine, subalpine
(adjective) growing at high altitudes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
Alpestrine (not comparable)
Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains.
(botany) Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the tree-line; subalpine.
Anagrams
• Pearlstein, episternal, interlapse, interpales, interpleas, plenarties, presential, salipenter
Adjective
alpestrine (not comparable)
synonym of subalpine
Anagrams
• Pearlstein, episternal, interlapse, interpales, interpleas, plenarties, presential, salipenter
Source: Wiktionary
Al*pes"trine, a. Etym: [L. Alpestris.]
Definition: Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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