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.
DAMIANA
Noun
damiana (uncountable)
Turnera diffusa, an American passifloraceous shrub used in making a traditional Mexican liqueur.
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Da`mi*a"na, n. Etym: [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Med.)
Definition: A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.
Note: There are several varieties derived from different plants, esp. from a species of Turnera and from Bigelovia veneta. Wood & Bache.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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