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.
HONEWORT
Etymology
Noun
honewort (plural honeworts)
Either of two plants of the family Umbelliferae.
A perennial plant, Cryptotaenia canadensis, sometimes cultivated as a vegetable.
A small European plant, Trinia glauca, once thought to be a remedy for swellings.
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Source: Wiktionary
Hone"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S.Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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