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.
BACCATE
berried, baccate, bacciferous
(adjective) producing or bearing berries
baccate, berrylike
(adjective) resembling a berry
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
baccate (not comparable)
(botany) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; said of fruits.
Looking like a berry.
Producing berries.
Source: Wiktionary
Bac"cate, a. Etym: [L. baccatus, fr. L. bacca berry.] (Bot.)
Definition: Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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