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.
FAVOSE
Etymology
Adjective
favose (comparative more favose, superlative most favose)
(botany) Honeycombed.
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.
Anagrams
• foveas
Source: Wiktionary
Fa*vose", a. Etym: [L. favus honeycomb.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Honeycombed. See Faveolate.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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