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.
CITRINE
citrine
(noun) semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
citrine (countable and uncountable, plural citrines)
A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
A brownish-yellow quartz.
Adjective
citrine (not comparable)
Of a goldish-yellow colour.
Anagrams
• citiner, crinite, inciter, neritic, retinic, tricine
Source: Wiktionary
Cit"rine, a. Etym: [F. citrin. See Citron.]
Definition: Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow. Citrine ointment (Med.), a yellowish mercurial ointment, the unquentum hydrargyri nitratis.
Cit"rine, n.
Definition: A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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