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.
CHOLLA
cholla, Opuntia cholla
(noun) arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cholla (plural chollas)
Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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