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.
CHICHES
Noun
chiches
plural of chiche
Source: Wiktionary
CHICH
Chich, n.; pl. Chiches (. Etym: [F. chiche, pois chiche, a dwarf pea, from L. cicer the chick-pea.] (Bot.)
Definition: The chick-pea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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