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.
CURVATIVE
Adjective
curvative (not comparable)
Having slightly curved margins or sides.
Noun
curvative (plural curvatives)
(differential geometry) The first partial derivative of a function that describes a surface.
(anatomy) One of the curved walls of the stomach.
A convexity or concavity in a surface.
A curved deformation.
Source: Wiktionary
Cur"va*tive (kr"v-tv), a. (Bot.)
Definition: Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves. Henslow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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