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.
FANWORT
fanwort, water-shield, Cabomba caroliniana
(noun) common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fanwort (plural fanworts)
Any of the genus Cabomba of aquatic plants, having divided submerged leaves in the shape of a fan.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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