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.
CAULIS
Etymology
Noun
caulis (plural caules)
(architecture) Each of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
(botany) The stalk of a plant, especially a herbaceous stem in its natural state.
Anagrams
• aulics, clusia, sicula
Source: Wiktionary
Cau"lis, n.; L. pl. Caules. Etym: [L., a stem.] (Bot.)
Definition: An herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bear flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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