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.
HYDROTROPISM
Etymology
Noun
hydrotropism (usually uncountable, plural hydrotropisms)
(biology) The movement of a plant (or other organism) either towards or away from water
Source: Wiktionary
Hy*drot"ro*pism, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A tendency towards moisture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUCH
(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”
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