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.
CEIBO
ceibo, crybaby tree, cry-baby tree, common coral tree, Erythrina crista-galli
(noun) small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
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(adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
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