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.
DURRA
durra, doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian millet, Guinea corn
(noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
durra (uncountable)
A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
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Dur"ra, n. Etym: [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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