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.
BOMBACACEOUS
Etymology
Adjective
bombacaceous (not comparable)
(botany) Belonging to the now disused family Bombacaceae (now the much-reduced subfamily Bombacoideae in Malvaceae).
Anagrams
• cabombaceous
Source: Wiktionary
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ELOQUENCE
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
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