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.
CULTIVABLE
arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillable
(adjective) (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cultivable (comparative more cultivable, superlative most cultivable)
Capable of being cultivated or farmed.
Synonyms
• cultivatable
• arable
Source: Wiktionary
Cul"ti*va*ble (kl"t-v-b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. cultivable.]
Definition: Capable of being cultivated or tilled. Todd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEND
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