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.
HAGBERRY
hagberry
(noun) small cherry much liked by birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hagberry (plural hagberries)
Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
Its bittersweet astringent fruit, readily eaten by birds.
Synonyms
• (tree): bird cherry
• (fruit): bird cherry, hag, hackberry
Source: Wiktionary
Hag"ber"ry, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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