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.
CAMPION
silene, campion, catchfly
(noun) any plant of the genus Silene
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Campion (plural Campions)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Campion is the 9043rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3614 individuals. Campion is most common among White (93.61%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
campion (plural campions)
Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
Source: Wiktionary
Cam"pi*on, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen.
– Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimsome crimson flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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