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.
BEECHNUT
beechnut
(noun) small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
beechnut (plural beechnuts)
The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.
Synonyms
• beech mast
Source: Wiktionary
Beech"nut`, n.
Definition: The nut of the beech tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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