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.
HAEMATEMESIS
hematemesis, haematemesis
(noun) vomiting blood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
haematemesis (usually uncountable, plural haematemeses)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hematemesis
Source: Wiktionary
Hæm`a*tem"e*sis, n.
Definition: Same as Hematemesis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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