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.
EUPHORBIACEOUS
Etymology
Adjective
euphorbiaceous (not comparable)
(botany) Belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae of spurges.
Source: Wiktionary
Eu*phor`bi*a"ceous, Eu*phor"bi*al, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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