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.
ENSATE
Etymology
Adjective
ensate (comparative more ensate, superlative most ensate)
(botany, zoology) Having sword-shaped leaves or appendages.
Synonyms
• ensiform
Anagrams
• Santee, Senate, atenes, enates, sateen, senate, tenase
Source: Wiktionary
En"sate, a. Etym: [NL. ensatus, fr. L. ensis sword.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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