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.
GREENSTONE
Proper noun
Greenstone
A surname.
Etymology
Noun
greenstone (countable and uncountable, plural greenstones)
(archaeology) any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase
(New Zealand) pounamu, the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite)
Source: Wiktionary
Green"stone` (gren"ston`), n. Etym: [So called from a tinge of green in the color.] (Geol.)
Definition: A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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