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.
CONFERVAE
CONFERVA
conferva
(noun) any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
confervae
plural of conferva
Source: Wiktionary
CONFERVA
Con*fer"va, n.; pl. Confervæ. Etym: [L., a kind of water plant. See Comfrey.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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