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.
GUACO
Etymology
Noun
guaco (countable and uncountable, plural guacos)
Any of various vine-like climbing plants of Central and South America and the West Indies, including Mikania and Aristolochia species, reputed to have curative powers.
Synonyms
• bejuco, guao, huaco, vejuco
Hyponyms
• Mikania congesta
Anagrams
• cagou
Source: Wiktionary
Gua"co, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Bot.) (a) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. Lindley. (b) The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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