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.
INDIGEN
native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
(noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; “the art of the natives of the northwest coast”; “the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
indigen (plural indigens)
An indigene or native.
(botany) A plant known to be indigenous to a region, rather than a cultigen. [from 1918]
Antonym: cultigen
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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