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.
CAUDICES
CAUDEX
caudex
(noun) woody stem of palms and tree ferns
stock, caudex
(noun) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
caudices
plural of caudex
Source: Wiktionary
CAUDEX
Cau"dex, n.; pl. L. Caudices, E. Caudexes. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)
Definition: The sterm of a tree., esp. a sterm without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the pernnial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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