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.
GALLNUT
Etymology
Noun
gallnut (plural gallnuts)
A gall on a tree, caused by insects, that resembles a nut.
Synonyms
• nutgall
Anagrams
• nutgall
Source: Wiktionary
Gall"nut`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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