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.
GOOSEGRASS
Etymology
Noun
goosegrass (countable and uncountable, plural goosegrasses)
Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for geese, principally in genus Eleusine.
Any of several grasses, sedges, and annual herbs.
Source: Wiktionary
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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