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.
DOGBANES
Noun
dogbanes
plural of dogbane
Anagrams
• bondages, dogs-bane, endobags
Source: Wiktionary
DOGBANE
Dog"bane`, n. Etym: [Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf. Apocynaceous.] (Bot.)
Definition: A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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