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.
CEDARWOOD
cedar, cedarwood
(noun) durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cedarwood (countable and uncountable, plural cedarwoods)
The wood of the cedar tree.
Source: Wiktionary
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