EUCHARIS

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

eucharis (plural eucharises)

A type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.

Source: Wiktionary


Eu"cha*ris, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. eucharis agreeable, Gr. Eucharist.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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