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.
BEETROOT
beet, beetroot
(noun) round red root vegetable
beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra
(noun) beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
beetroot (countable and uncountable, plural beetroots)
(UK, NZ, AU) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; synonym of beet.
(usually, uncountable) The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.
Synonyms
• red beet
• table beet
Verb
beetroot (third-person singular simple present beetroots, present participle beetrooting, simple past and past participle beetrooted)
(intransitive, informal) To turn a bright red or purple colour.
Anagrams
• boot tree, boot-tree, boottree
Source: Wiktionary
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