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.
BOUQUET
bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay
(noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness
(noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bouquet (plural bouquets)
A bunch of cut flowers.
The scent of a particular wine.
The heart note of a perfume.
A compliment or expression of praise.
(mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
(card games) The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
(cartomancy) The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.
Source: Wiktionary
Bou*quet", n. Etym: [F. bouquet bunch, bunch of flowers, trees, feathers, for bousquet, bosquet, thicket, a little wood, dim. of LL. boscus. See Bush thicket, and cf. Bosket, Busket.]
1. A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.
2. A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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