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.
CACALIA
Cacalia, genus Cacalia
(noun) genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia
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PROOF
(adjective) (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand; “temptation-proof”; “childproof locks”
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