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.
CALADIUM
caladium
(noun) any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
caladium (plural caladiums)
Any of the genus Caladium of flowering plants, especially an ornamental cultivar of Caladium bicolor.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*la"di*um, n. Etym: [NL.]
Definition: A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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