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.
FELICIA
Felicia, genus Felicia
(noun) genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
felicia (plural felicias)
(botany) Any of the genus Felicia of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Proper noun
Felicia
A female given name from Latin, feminine form of Felix.
Source: Wiktionary
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SUPERFETATION
(noun) fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time; “superfetation is normal in some animal species”
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