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.
EUPHRASIA
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
euphrasia (plural euphrasias)
Any of many flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
Synonyms
• eyebright
Source: Wiktionary
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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