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.
INDIGENE
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
Adjective
indigene (comparative more indigene, superlative most indigene)
(obsolete) Indigenous.
Noun
indigene (plural indigenes)
An indigenous person; a native.
Source: Wiktionary
In"di*gene, n. Etym: [L. indigena: cf. F. indigène. See Indigenous.]
Definition: One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. Evelyn. Tylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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