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.
CLEAVERS
cleavers, clivers, goose grass, catchweed, spring cleavers, Galium aparine
(noun) annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
cleavers
plural of cleaver
Etymology 2
Noun
cleavers (uncountable)
Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae.
Usage notes
• Plural in form; used with singular or plural verb.
Source: Wiktionary
Cleav"ers, n. Etym: [From Cleave to stick.] (Bot.)
Definition: A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with;
– called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.
CLEAVER
Cleav"er, n.
Definition: One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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